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Table 4 Species assignation of Lactobacillus isolates based on MALDI-TOF analyses, 16S RNA and rpoA genes sequencing

From: Screening of Lactobacillus spp. for the prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infections

Strain

Mass spectrometry

16S RNA gene sequencing

rpoA gene sequencing

API 50 CHL

Identification

Score*

Identification

NCBI accession number (GenBank)

Identification

NCBI accession number (GenBank)

Identification

Score

ES.A.2

L. fermentum

1.916

L. fermentum

[KC762296]

L. fermentum

[KC861367]

L. fermentum

96.3%

ES.D.88

L. paracasei

2.458

L. casei group

[KC762297]

L. paracasei

[KC861369]

L. paracasei

98.4%

ES.F.115

L. fermentum

2.21

L. fermentum

[KC762298]

L. fermentum

[KC861368]

L. fermentum

98.5%

Od.76***

L. zeae

2.089

L. casei group

[KC762299]

L. zeae/casei

[KC861370]

- **

- **

L. casei

2.043

K.C6.3.1D

L. fermentum

2.18

L. fermentum

[KC762300]

L. fermentum

[KC861371]

L. fermentum

99.7%

K.C6.3.1E

L. fermentum

2.109

L. fermentum

[KC762301]

L. fermentum

[KC861372]

L. fermentum

99.7%

K.V9.3.2B

L. fermentum

2.163

L. fermentum

[KC762302]

L. fermentum

[KC861373]

L. fermentum

99.7%

K.V9.3.2C

L. fermentum

2.223

L. fermentum

[KC762303]

L. fermentum

[KC861374]

L. fermentum

99.8%

  1. *An isolate was considered well identified at the species level with a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry score ≥ 1.9. ** The API 50 CHL gallery is not designed to identify L. zeae. ***Od.76 was formally identified as a L. zeae by sequencing the pheS gene (Genbank accession number: KJ402364).