Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Research
A Systematic Approach for Discovering Novel, Clinically Relevant Bacteria
Table A1
Tentative novel species of bacteria represented by multiple isolates (clusters) for the different families in the order Actinomycetales
| Taxon (family) |
In clusters |
Not in clusters |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) isolates |
Identity, %* |
No. clusters |
Cluster size | No. isolates |
Identity, %* |
No. isolates |
Identity, % |
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| Min |
Max |
Med |
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| Actinomycetaceae | 52 (71) | 97.9 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 3.5 | 21 | 96.5 | 73 | 97.5 | ||
| Nocardiaceae | 42 (79) | 98.6 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 98.7 | 53 | 98.6 | ||
| Corynebacteriaceae | 40 (68) | 98.1 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 97.6 | 59 | 97.9 | ||
| Micrococcaceae | 17 (81) | 98.2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 97.8 | 21 | 98.2 | |||
| Microbacteriaceae | 14 (45) | 97.3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 96.5 | 31 | 96.9 | ||
| Streptomycetaceae | 9 (45) | 98.5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 97.6 | 20 | 98.0 | ||||
| Pseudonocardiaceae | 2 (67) | 95.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 97.2 | 3 | 96.4 | ||||
| Intrasporangiaceae | 6 | 97.8 | 6 | 97.8 | ||||||||
| Cellulomonadaceae | 5 | 96.9 | 5 | 96.9 | ||||||||
| Thermomonosporaceae | 4 | 97.4 | 4 | 97.4 | ||||||||
| Dermabacteraceae | 3 | 96.3 | 3 | 96.3 | ||||||||
| Mycobacteriaceae | 3 | 97.7 | 3 | 97.7 | ||||||||
| Propionibacteriaceae | 3 | 92.5 | 3 | 92.5 | ||||||||
| Gordoniaceae | 2 | 98.5 | 2 | 98.5 | ||||||||
| Nocardioidaceae | 2 | 97.2 | 2 | 97.2 | ||||||||
| Williamsiaceae | 2 | 97.8 | 2 | 97.8 | ||||||||
| Brevibacteriaceae | 1 | 98.9 | 1 | 98.9 | ||||||||
| Dermacoccaceae | 1 | 93.7 | 1 | 93.7 | ||||||||
| Sanguibacteraceae | 1 | 97.9 | 1 | 97.9 | ||||||||
| Tsukamurellaceae | 1 | 96.8 | 1 | 96.8 | ||||||||
| Total | 176 (60) | 98.1 | 118 | 97.1 | 294 | 97.7 | ||||||
*Sequence identity to the closest GenBank match with species designation (match %). Min, minimum; max, maximum; med, median.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
