TABLE 6.

Summary of ability of 16S rRNA gene target to identify clinically relevant Enterobacterales (formerly Enterobacteriaceae)

Genus	No. of sequences in the genus MSAa	Total no. of tested positions	No. of identical positions	No. of divergent positions	% Identity
Escherichia	4	1,463	1,435	28	98.09
Shigella	4	1,539	1,530	9	99.42
Pantoea	13	1,424	1,332	92	93.54
Klebsiella	7	1,379	1,322	57	95.87
Raoultella	4	1,453	1,426	27	98.14
Cronobacter	7	1,548	1,499	49	96.83
Enterobacter	11	1,428	1,340	88	93.84
Proteus	5	1,466	1,448	18	98.77
Citrobacter	13	1,456	1,376	80	94.51
Salmonella	2	1,505	1,480	25	98.34
Morganella	0	0
Providencia	9	1,436	1,370	66	95.40
Cedecea	3	1,466	1,446	20	98.64
Edwardsiella	5	1,549	1,537	12	99.23
Hafnia	3	1,415	1,371	44	96.89
Serratia	18	1,379	1,265	114	91.73
Yersinia	18	1,449	1,395	54	96.27

^aMSA, multisequence alignment.