Table 4. Identification results in external validation.
Identification (ID) results, either at genus or species/class level, were classified as correct, discordant or no-identification (No ID). This table gives the % of strains for which each type of identification result was obtained using the updated database. The number (n) of strains tested for each species/class is also indicated in parenthesis. N/A = not applicable.
| IDENTIFICATION AT THE GENUS LEVEL |
IDENTIFICATION AT THE SPECIES LEVEL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Correct ID |
% Discordant ID |
% No ID |
% Correct ID |
% Discordant ID |
% No ID |
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| Brucella species present in the database | B. melitensis (n = 16) | 100% (16) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (16) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) |
| B. abortus (n = 13) | 92.3% (12) | 0% (0) | 7.7% (1) | 92.3% (12) | 0% (0) | 7.7% (1) | |
| B. suis (n = 1) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | |
| B. canis (n = 1) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | |
| B. ovis (n = 3) | 66.7% (2) | 0% (0) | 33.3% (1) | 66.7% (2) | 0% (0) | 33.3% (1) | |
| B. ceti/B. pinnipedialis (n = 9) | 66.7% (6) | 0% (0) | 33.3% (3) | 66.7% (6) | 0% (0) | 33.3% (3) | |
| Total (n = 43) | 88,4% (38) | 0% (0) | 11.6% (5) | 86% (37) | 2.3% (1) | 11.6% (5) | |
| Brucella species not present in the database | B. microti (n = 1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| B. neotomae (n = 1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Brucella strains with genus level characterization | Brucella spp (n = 3) | 66.7% (2) | 0% (0) | 33.3% (1) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ochrobactrum strains | O. anthropi (n = 1) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) |
| O. intermedium (n = 1) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | |