TABLE 4.

Species designations^a

Bacillus strain	API score		16S rRNA identification
	% IDb	Tc
Lactipan plus	61.6 B. subtilis	0.73	B. subtilis
Domuvar	URd		B. clausii
Bactisubtil	97.9 B. cereus	0.62	B. cereus
Subtyl	79.2 B. cereus	0.98	B. vietnami
Biosubtyl “Dalat”	97.9 B. cereus	0.62	B. cereus
PY79	88.8 B. subtilis	0.9	B. subtilis

^aSpecies identification using either the API 50 CH kit, as described in Materials and Methods, or sequencing of the entire 16S rRNA genes and analysis for homologous sequences (Fig. 4). 

^bPercent similarity, i.e., how closely the profile corresponds to the taxon relative to all the other taxa in the database. 

^cThe T index, i.e., how closely the profile corresponds to the most typical set of reactions for each taxon. 

^dUR, unrecognizable using the API 50 CH kit.