TABLE 5.

Discrepant results of identification of clinical isolates by the Rapid ID 32 STREP system and by sequencing 16S rRNA genes, groES, and spacer

No. of isolates	Discrepant result of identification by:
	Rapid ID 32 STREP system (probabilitya)	16S rRNA gene sequencing (probability)	groES sequencing (probability)	Sequencing the spacer between groES and groEL (best match)
1	E. avium (99.6)	E. raffinosus (99.7)	E. raffinosus (100)	E. raffinosus
1	E. casseliflavus (85.8)/E. gallinarum (13.9)	E. gallinarum (99.7)/E. casseliflavus (99.6)	E. gallinarum (98.6)	E. gallinarum
1	E. durans (76.7)/E. hirae (23.1)	E. hirae (99.8)/E. durans (99.5)	E. hirae (100)	E. hirae
1	E. durans (74.8)/E. hirae (25.1)	E. hirae (99.6)	E. durans (100)	E. durans
1	E. faecium (99.9)	E. casseliflavus (99.8)/E. gallinarum (99.7)	E. casseliflavus (100)	E. casseliflavus
1	E. faecium (59)	E. faecium (98.9)	E. faecium (99.0)	E. faecium (variant type)
1b	E. faecium (52.1)/E. casseliflavus (25.4)/ E. gallinarum (21.8)	E. mundtii (100)	E. mundtii (100)	E. mundtii
1	E. gallinarum (99)	E. faecium (99.9)	E. faecium (99.0)	E. faecium (variant type)
2	Unidentified	E. cecorum (98)	E. cecorum (99.6)	E. cecorum

^aProbability shown as a percentage.

^bThis isolate is ATCC 43186 reference strain.