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Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Research

A Systematic Approach for Discovering Novel, Clinically Relevant Bacteria

Robert Schlaberg1Comments to Author , Keith E. Simmon1, and Mark A. Fisher
Author affiliations: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (R. Schlaberg, M.A. Fisher); ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City (R. Schlaberg, K.E. Simmon, M.A. Fisher)

Main Article

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
No. (%) isolates
Identity, %*
No. clusters
Cluster size No. isolates
Identity, %*
No. isolates
Identity, %
Min
Max
Med
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.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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