Fig. 4.

Comparison of the ability of the three methods, 16S rDNA sequencing, MALDI-TOF MS and MIDI MIS analysis for taxonomic assignment of the airborne bacterial isolates (N = 103) to order or higher. The comparison is based on the number of isolates classified to the taxonomic levels genus, family or order using the three methods. a Comparison of 16S rDNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS for assignment of 97 bacterial isolates to taxonomic level. b Comparison of 16S rDNA sequencing and MIDI MIS analysis for assignment of 107 bacterial isolates to taxonomic level. c Comparison of MIDI and MALDI-TOF for assignment of 91 bacterial isolates to taxonomic level