TABLE 4.

Summary of ability of 16S rRNA gene target to identify clinically relevant Streptococcaceae, Lactobacillaceae, Leuconostocaceae and Enterococcaceae

Genus	No. of sequences in the genus MSAa	Total no. of tested positions	No. of identical positions	No. of divergent positions	% Identity
Streptococcus	87	1,360	1,069	291	78.60
Enterococcus	44	1,470	1,270	200	86.39
Aerococcus	7	1,473	1,277	196	86.69
Abiotrophia-Granulicatella	0	0
Dolosigranulum	0	0
Helcococcus	2	1,346	1,262	84	93.76
Facklamia	6	1,400	1,203	197	85.93
Gemella	6	1,372	1,237	135	90.16
Lactococcus	11	1,454	1,185	269	81.50
Leuconostoc	13	1,491	1,334	157	89.47
Pediococcus	11	1,488	1,309	179	87.97
Vagococcus	10	1,383	1,218	165	88.07
Globicatella	0	0

^aMSA, multisequence alignment.