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Table 2 Clinical samples: comparison of BigDye-terminator reads, Tag4 fluorescent signals, and SOLiD reads.

From: Molecular probe technology detects bacteria without culture

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Bacterium

BigDye-terminator reads (%)

Probes/Tag4

Probes/SOLiD

L. crispatus

95%

1

1

L. jensenii

< 1%

1

1

A10-4

Bacterium

BigDye-terminator reads (%)

Probes/Tag4

Probes/SOLiD

L. crispatus

89%

1

1

L. gasseri

< 1%

0

0

A22-3

Bacterium

BigDye-terminator reads (%)

Probe/Tag4

Probe/SOLiD

E. faecalis

 

1

0

L. crispatus

86%

1

1

L. jensenii

13%

1

1

T. pallidum

 

0

1

  1. The BigDye-terminator data are from [5]. For the purposes of this table, those bacteria whose presence was supported by less than ten BigDye-terminator reads have been ignored. Novel bacteria and bacteria without a public genome sequence have also been ignored because they cannot be detected by the molecular probes. "1", a majority of molecular probes for this genome was positive. "0", a majority of molecular probes for this genome was not positive