Table 3.

Comparative analysis of biochemical test results and 16S rDNA sequencing for CoNS species identification

S. No.	Isolate	Identification of sp/sub sp by biochemical tests	Sp/sub sp identification by 16S rDNA sequence analysis	GenBank accession No.
1	AB-6	S. simulans	S. haemolyticus	MN535877
2	P-18	S. capitis sub sp capitis	S. chromogenes	MN535878
3	MP-3	S. cohnii sub sp cohnii	S. sciuri	MN535879
4	H-19	S. cohnii sub sp xylosus	S. xylosus	MN535880
5	MP-11	S. cohnii sub sp xylosus	Macrococcus epidermidis	MN535881
6	PG-10	S. simulans	S. schleiferi	MN535882
7	PG-40	S. simulans	S. schleiferi	MN535883