Table 6. Identification results in Vitek MS and Microflex LT for the most frequent clinically-relevant Actinomycetal species.
| REFERENCE IDa | VITEK MS | MICROFLEX LT | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPLEX ID | GENUS ID | SPECIES ID | NI | COMPLEX ID | GENUS ID | SPECIES ID | NI | ||
| Genus | Species (n)a | ||||||||
| Gordoniaceae Family | |||||||||
| Gordonia | G. bronchialis | 1 | 1c | ||||||
| G. terrae | 1b | 1b | |||||||
| Nocardiaceae Family | |||||||||
| Nocardia | N. abscessus (4) | 1 | 1 | 2b | 1 | 2 | 1b | ||
| N. brasiliensis (3) | 3 | 2 | 1b | ||||||
| N. cyriacirgeorgica (6) | 6 | 5 | 1b | ||||||
| Complejo N. exalbida–N. arthritidis–N. gamkensis (9) | 6 | 3b | 7 | 2c | |||||
| N. farcinica (4) | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| N. wallacei | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rhodococcus | R. hoagii (2) | 1 | 1b | 2b,c | |||||
| Tsukamurellaceae Family | |||||||||
| Tsukamurella | T. paurometabola (4) | 4c | 4 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 24 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 9 | |||
a. Identified by sequencing the 16S ARNr gene as a gold standard and gene secA.
b. NI: Non-identified despite being in the commercial Database
c. NI: Non-identified due to faults in the generation of the spectrum (no peaks)