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. 2017 Feb 1;26(2):339–350. doi: 10.3727/096368916X692735

Table 1.

Microbial Identification by Culture-Based Methods and 16s rRNA Sequencing

Method Order Family Genus Species No. Samples Assessed Risk of Sepsis
Culture Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae Candida albicans 1 High
Actinomycetales Corynebacteriaceae Corynebacterium ND 10 Low
Actinomycetales Corynebacteriaceae Micrococcus ND 2 Low
Bacillales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus haemolyticus 7 High
Bacillales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus epidermidis 2 High
Bacillales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus saprophyticus 1 Low
Lactobacillales Enterococcaceae Enterococcus ND 7 High
Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus ND 8 Low
Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus mitis 10 Low
Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus intermedicus 1 High
Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli 7 High
16s rRNA sequencing Bifidobacteriales Bifidobacteriaceae Gardnarella vaginalis 1 Low
Clostridiales Syntrophomonadaceae Syntrophomonas ND 1 Low
Clostridiales Lachnospiraceae ND ND 4 Low
Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus crispatus 7 Low
Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus iners or gasseri 3 Low
Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus ND 9 Low
Sphingomonadales Sphingomonadaceae Sphingomonas echinoides 1 Low
Burkholderiales Alcaligenaceae Alcaligenes ND 1 Low
Burkholderiales Burkholderiaceae Burkholderia cepacia 1 High
Burkholderiales Burkholderiaceae Burkholderia ND 1 High
Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae Comamonas ND 1 Low
Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae Comamonas testosteroni 1 Low
Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae Delftia ND 2 Low
Pasteurellales Pasteurellaceae Haemophilus haemolyticus 3 Low
Pasteurellales Pasteurellaceae Haemophilus influenzae 3 High
Pseudomonadales Moraxellaceae Acinetobacter bereziniae 1 High
Pseudomonadales Moraxellaceae Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 1 High
Pseudomonadales Moraxellaceae Acinetobacter ND 3 High
Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas ND 5 High

Risk assessment was done on the basis of literature search. The risk was assigned as “high” if the higher taxon was known to have dangerous species. ND, the lower taxon identification was not possible.