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. 1999 Apr;65(4):1477–1482. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1477-1482.1999

TABLE 4.

Identification of selected bacteria from oil fly larvae (1997 isolates)

Straina Enterotube result Profile MIDI result Similarity index Match API 20E result Profile Match
OF001L Providencia rettgeri 20603 Proteus vulgaris 0.817 Good Providencia rettgeri 0074201 Good
OF002L Acinetobacter lwoffii or Pseudomonas maltophilia 00000 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 0.468 Fair Nonenteric
OF003L Acinetobacter anitratus 00040 Shewanella putrefaciens 0.759 Excellent Nonenteric
OF004B Acinetobacter lwoffii or Pseudomonas maltophilia 00000 Enterococcus pesudoavium 0.036 Poor Nonenteric
OF005B Providencia rettgeri or Providencia stuartii 20607 Not done Providencia rettgeri 0274311 Excellent
OF006B No IDb available 20202 Providencia rettgeri 0.682 Good Providencia rettgeri 0034001 Poor
OF007B No ID available 20203 Providencia rettgeri 0.807 Good Providencia rettgeri 0274101 Excellent
OF008B Enteric group 60 or Yersinia kristensenei 22002 Morganella morganii 0.799 Good Morganella morganii 0154000 Excellent
OF009B Providencia rettgeri 20603 Proteus myxofaciensc 0.843 Good Providencia rettgeri 0274310 Excellent
OF010B No ID available 20203 Proteus penneric 0.783 Good Providencia rettgeri 0274301 Excellent
OF011B Providencia rettgeri or Providencia stuartii 20607 Proteus penneric 0.876 Good Providencia rettgeri 0274101 Excellent
OF012M Providencia rettgeri 20606 Proteus vulgarisc 0.825 Good Providencia rettgeri 0274301 Excellent
OF013M Tatumella ptyseos 20004 Edwardsiella tarda 0.588 Good Klebsiella pneumoniae or Yersinia enterocoliticad 0014321 Doubtful
OF014M Providencia rettgeri or Providencia stuartii 20607 Not done Providencia rettgeri 0274301 Excellent
a

The designations L, B, and M mean that the strain was originally taken from plates containing LB agar, blood agar, and MacConkey agar + lactose, respectively. 

b

ID, identification. 

c

This strain had P. rettgeri as the next most likely identification, with a similarity index of >0.750. 

d

Possible identifications were narrowed to these two bacteria because OF013M is nonmotile.