TABLE 3.

Summary of ability of 16S rRNA gene target to identify clinically relevant Staphylococcaceae, Micrococcaceae, and Dermacoccaceae

Genus	No. of sequences in the genus MSAa	Total no. of tested positions	No. of identical positions	No. of divergent positions	% Identity
Staphylococcus	46	1,387	1,237	150	89.19
Micrococcus	9	1,386	1,314	72	94.81
Citricoccus	3	1,457	1,435	22	98.49
Kytococcus	2	1,445	1,419	26	98.20
Dermacoccus	4	1,471	1,438	33	97.76
Kocuria	20	1,429	1,212	217	84.81
Rothia	8	1,394	1,273	121	91.32
Luteipulveratus	0	0
Auritidibacter	0	0

^aMSA, multisequence alignment.