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Table 2 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis and culture method results for an environmental survey of the bathroom of the southern ward

From: Comparison of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence analysis and conventional culture in the environmental survey of a hospital

Samples

16S rRNA analysis

Sequence length1)

%, Identity2)

Culture method

Shower head

Sphingomonas sp.

Methylobacterium sp.

826

829

99

100

(−)

Faucet 1

Acinetobacter sp.

721

99

Fungus

Faucet 2

Acinetobacter sp.

661

99

Acinetobacter baumannii

Bath chair

Acinetobacter sp.

803

99

Acinetobacter baumannii

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Outlet of the bathtub

Acinetobacter sp.

804

100

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Handrail

Acinetobacter sp.

760

99

Acinetobacter baumannii

Outlet of the bathroom

Acinetobacter sp.

Non Tb Mycobacterium sp.

714

736

100

99

Acinetobacter baumannii

  1. Tb tuberculosis
  2. 1)Length of sequence used in Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) search
  3. 2)Based on BLAST alignment