Table 1 Identification of clinical isolates (n=158) by conventional methods compared to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

Actinobacillus ureae (1)

S ¹; SI ²

Actinobacillus hominis Actinobacillus suis (low demarcation)

0.0, 0.4

KC866152

A. hominis (acidification of mannitol: A. hominis (positive), A. suis (negative) [1])

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (2)

S; SC

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

0.0, 0.3

KC866227; KC866228

A. actinomycetemcomitans

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (1)

S; SI

Pasteurella bettyae

0.0

KC866143

P. bettyae

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (11)

S; SC

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

0.0-0.8

KC866144; KC866145; KC866146; KC866147; KC866148; KC866149; KC866150; KC866229; KC866230; KC866231; KC866272

A. aphrophilus

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (2)

S; SI

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

3.8, 2.9

KC866151; KC866153

Aggregatibacter sp.

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (1)

S; SI

Neisseria sicca

0.8

KC866154

N. sicca (nitrate reduction: positive (N. mucosa), negative (N. sicca, N. subflava bv. flava); sucrose acidification: positive (N. sicca, N. mucosa), negative (N. subflava bv. flava) [18])

Neisseria subflava bv. flava

1.0

Neisseria mucosa (low demarcation)

1.1

Aggregatibacter sp. (1)

G; GC

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

2.3

KC866155

Aggregatibacter sp.

Bergeyella zoohelcum (1)

S; SI

Myroides odoratimimus

5.9

KC866156

Flavobacteriaceae

Bergeyella zoohelcum (1)

S; SI

Neisseria zoodegmatis

0.3

KC866157

N. zoodegmatis

Capnocytophaga canimorsus (2)

S; SC

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

0.5, 0.4

KC866158; KC866159

C. canimorsus

Capnocytophaga ochracea (1)

S; SI

Capnocytophaga gingivalis

0.6

KC866160

C. gingivalis

Capnocytophaga ochracea (1)

S; SI

Capnocytophaga ochracea

2.5

KC866161

Capnocytophaga sp.

Capnocytophaga ochracea (5)

S; SI

Capnocytophaga sputigena

0.0-0.3

KC866162; KC866163; KC866164; KC866273; KC866274

C. sputigena ³

Capnocytophaga ochracea (1)

S; SI

Dysgonomonas mossii

0.6

KC866165

D. mossii

Capnocytophaga ochracea (1)

S; SI

Leptotrichia trevisanii

0.2

KC866166

L. trevisanii

Capnocytophaga sp. (2)

G; GC

Capnocytophaga sputigena

0.0, 0.6

KC866167; KC866232

C. sputigena

Cardiobacterium hominis (4)

S; SC

Cardiobacterium hominis

0.0-0.5

KC866168; KC866233; KC866275; KC866299

C. hominis

CDC Group IIe (1)

S; SI

Chryseobacterium anthropi

0.2

KC866169

C. anthropi (acidification of fructose and sucrose: positive (C. haifense), negative (C. anthropi) [19])

Chryseobacterium haifense (low demarcation)

0.6

Comamonas sp. (1)

G; GI

Oligella urethralis

0.0

KC866170

O. urethralis

Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides (1)

S; SC

Dysgonomonas capnocytophagoides

0.2

KC866171

D. capnocytophagoides

Eikenella corrodens (10)

S; SC

Eikenella corrodens

0.0-0.8

KC866172; KC866173; KC866174; KC866175; KC866176; KC866177; KC866178; KC866234; KC866235; KC866236

E. corrodens

Flavobacterium sp. (1)

G; GC

Flavobacterium lindanitolerans

0.4

KC866179

F. lindanitolerans

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Actinobacillus hominis

0.3

KC866238

A. hominis

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Actinobacillus hominis

0.0

KC866237

A. hominis (esculin hydrolysis: positive (A. suis), variable (A. hominis), negative (A. equuli); mannitol acidification: positive (A. equuli, A. hominis), negative (A. suis) [1])

Actinobacillus suis

0.0

Actinobacillus equuli (low demarcation)

0.5

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

0.2

KC866239

A. actinomycetemcomitans

Gram-negative rods (2)

N

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

0.3, 0.8

KC866240; KC866241

A. aphrophilus

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Azospira oryzae

0.0

KC866276

A. oryzae

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Brevundimonas terrae

0.6

KC866180

B. terrae

Gram-negative rods (3)

N

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

0.0-0.2

KC866277; KC866278; KC866279

C. canimorsus

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Capnocytophaga sputigena

0.0

KC866280

C. sputigena

Gram-negative rods (2)

N

Cardiobacterium hominis

0.5, 0.6

KC866281; KC866282

C. hominis

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Chryseobacterium haifense

0.2

KC866181

C. anthropi (acidification of fructose and sucrose: positive (C. haifense), negative (C. anthropi) [19])

Chryseobacterium anthropi (low demarcation)

0.5

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Kingella denitrificans

0.0

KC866182

K. denitrificans

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Moraxella atlantae

0.2

KC866242

M. atlantae

Gram-negative rods (2)

N

Moraxella lacunata

0.0

KC866283; KC866284

M. lacunata

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Moraxella lincolnii

0.3

KC866243

M. lincolnii

Gram-negative rods (3)

N

Moraxella nonliquefaciens

0.0-0.7

KC866285; KC866286; KC866287

M. nonliquefaciens

Gram-negative rods (2)

N

Moraxella osloensis

0.0, 0.2

KC866288; KC866289

M. osloensis

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Neisseria bacilliformis

0.0

KC866244

N. bacilliformis

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Neisseria zoodegmatis

2.0

KC866245

Neisseria sp.

Gram-negative rods (4)

N

Neisseria elongata

0.0-0.3

KC866246; KC866247; KC866290; KC866291

N. elongata

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Neisseria flavescens

0.5

KC866248

N. subflava (acidification of glucose and maltose: positive (N. subflava), negative (N. flavescens) [18])

Neisseria subflava (low demarcation)

0.7

Gram-negative rods (2)

N

Neisseria flavescens

0.3

KC866249; KC866250

N. subflava (acidification of glucose and maltose: positive (N. subflava), negative (N. flavescens) [18])

Neisseria subflava (low demarcation)

0.4

Gram-negative rods (4)

N

Neisseria weaveri

0.0-0.3

KC866251; KC866252; KC866253; KC866254

N. weaveri

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Pasteurella bettyae

0.0

KC866292

P. bettyae

Gram-negative rods (1)

N

Pasteurella dagmatis

0.4

KC866255

P. stomatis (urease reaction: positive (P. dagmatis), negative (P. stomatis); acidification of maltose: positive (P. dagmatis), negative (P. stomatis) [1])

Pasteurella stomatis (low demarcation)

0.4

Kingella denitrificans (1)

S; SC

Kingella denitrificans

0.6

KC866183

K. denitrificans

Kingella denitrificans (1)

S; SI

Neisseria elongata

0.0

KC866184

N. elongata

Leptotrichia buccalis (1)

S; SI

Leptotrichia trevisanii

0.3

KC866293

L. trevisanii

Moraxella lacunata (1)

S; SC

Moraxella lacunata

0.5

KC866185

M. lacunata (gelatinase reaction: positive (M. lacunata), negative (M. nonliquefaciens) [20])

Moraxella nonliquefaciens (low demarcation)

0.7

Moraxella osloensis (1)

S; SC

Moraxella osloensis

0.0

KC866186

M. osloensis

Moraxella osloensis (1)

S; SI

Psychrobacter faecalis

0.0

KC866187

P. pulmonis (acidification of glucose and xylose: positive (P. faecalis), negative (P. pulmonis) [20])

Psychrobacter pulmonis (low demarcation)

0.2

Moraxella sp. (1)

G; GC

Moraxella canis

0.2

KC866188

M. canis

Neisseria sp. (1)

G; GI

Neisseria elongata

0.3

KC866256

N. elongata

Moraxella sp. (4)

G; GC

Moraxella nonliquefaciens

0.0-0.3

KC866189; KC866190; KC866257; KC866258

M. nonliquefaciens

Moraxella sp. (8)

G; GC

Moraxella osloensis

0.0-0.2

KC866191; KC866192; KC866193; KC866194; KC866259; KC866260; KC866261; KC866294

M. osloensis

Neisseria animaloris (EF4a) (1)

S; SC

Neisseria animaloris

0.0

KC866195

N. animaloris

Neisseria animaloris (EF4a) (1)

S; SI

Neisseria zoodegmatis

0.0

GU797849

N. zoodegmatis

Neisseria cinerea (2)

S; SC

Neisseria cinerea

0.0

KC866196; KC866197

N. cinerea (acidification of glucose and maltose: positive (N. meningitidis), negative (N. cinerea) [18])

Neisseria meningitidis (low demarcation)

0.3

Neisseria elongata (1)

S; SI

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

2.4

KC866198

Aggregatibacter sp.

Neisseria elongata (3)

S; SC

Neisseria elongata

0.0-0.3

KC866203; KC866204; KC866205

N. elongata

Neisseria elongata (2)

S; SI

Neisseria bacilliformis

0.1, 0.4

KC866201; KC866202

N. bacilliformis

Neisseria elongata (1)

S; SI

Neisseria zoodegmatis

0.6

KC866206

N. zoodegmatis

Neisseria elongata (2)

S; SI

Eikenella corrodens

0.0

KC866199; KC866200

E. corrodens

Neisseria sp. (1)

G; GC

Neisseria shayeganii

0.3

KC866207

N. shayeganii

Neisseria sp. (1)

G; GC

Neisseria elongata

0.2

KC866270

N. elongata

Neisseria sp. (1)

G; GC

Neisseria oralis

0.0

KC866208

N. oralis

Neisseria weaveri (1)

S; SC

Neisseria weaveri

0.0

KC866211

N. weaveri

Neisseria weaveri (1)

S; SC

Neisseria shayeganii

0.2

KC866210

N. shayeganii

Neisseria weaveri (1)

S; SI

Azospira oryzae

0.0

KC866209

A. oryzae

Neisseria zoodegmatis (EF4b) (3)

S; SC

Neisseria zoodegmatis

0.0-0.5

KC866212; KC866213; KC866295

N. zoodegmatis

Oligella urethralis (2)

S; SC

Oligella urethralis

0.0

KC866214; KC866215

O. urethralis

Pasteurella aerogenes (1)

S; SI

Pasteurella aerogenes

2.7

KC866226

Pasteurella sp.

Pasteurella bettyae (2)

S; SC

Pasteurella bettyae

0.0

KC866216; KC866262

P. bettyae

Pasteurella canis (1)

S; SC

Pasteurella canis

0.0

KC866217

P. canis

Pasteurella canis (1)

S; SI

Pasteurella stomatis

1.6

KC866218

Pasteurella sp.

Pasteurella dagmatis (1)

S; SC

Pasteurella dagmatis

0.2

KC866271

P. dagmatis

Pasteurella multocida (14)

S; SC

Pasteurella multocida

0.0-0.2

KC866219; KC866220; KC866221; KC866222; KC866223; KC866263; KC866264; KC866265; KC866266; KC866267; KC866268; KC866296; KC866297; KC866298

P. multocida

Pasteurella pneumotropica (1)

S; SI

Bisgaard Taxon 22

1.7

KC866224

Pasteurella sp.

Pasteurella sp. (1)

G; GI

Necropsobacter rosorum

0.0

KC866269

N. rosorum

Roseomonas sp. (1)

G; GC

Roseomonas mucosa

0.0

KC866225

R. mucosa