TABLE 9.

Summary of ability of 16S rRNA gene target to identify clinically relevant Campylobacteraceae, Helicobacteraceae, and Leptospiraceae

Genus	No. of sequences in the genus MSAa	Total no. of tested positions	No. of identical positions	No. of divergent positions	% Identity
Campylobacter	27	1,672	1,108	564	66.27
Helicobacter	38	1,828	1,079	749	59.03
Arcobacter	21	1,403	1,182	221	84.25
Leptospira	21	1,319	1,113	206	84.38

^aMSA, multisequence alignment.