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Table 2 Differentiation of Brachyspira (B.) spp. following cultural isolation from rectal swabs or fecal samples. This table summarizes the results for the differentiation methods applied in the study

From: Brachyspira in dogs: risk factors of shedding in central Germany and longitudinal study of an infected kennel

Sample ID

Culture

MALDI-TOFc (score)

MP-PCRd

Noxe sequencing

16 S rRNAh sequencing

TSAa

FAAb

Noxe

abgBf

tnaAg

23

+#

 

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

26

+#

 

B. pilosicoli (2.29)

+#

+#

-ф

B. pilosicoli

B. pilosicoli

40

+#

 

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

88

+#

 

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pulli/murdochii/intermedia

96

+#

+#

B. murdochii (1.97)

+#

-ф

+#

B. intermedia¥

B. intermedia/hampsonii/hyodysenteriae

102

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

108

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pilosicoli/muris/murdochii/intermedia

175

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

177

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

178

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pulli/murdochii/intermedia

179

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

184

-ф

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pulli/murdochii/intermedia

283*

-ф

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

283.1*

+#

-ф

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

283.2*

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

283.3*

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

284

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

287

+#

-ф

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

288

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

 

289

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

293

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

302

+#

-ф

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

 

303

+#

-ф

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pulli/sp.

313

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

330

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. canis

B. canis

346

+#

+#

NOIPi

+#

-ф

-ф

B. pulli

B. pulli/murdochii/intermedia

352/7ǂ

+#

+#

B. pilosicoli (2.06)

+#

+#

-ф

B. pilosicoli

B. pilosicoli

352/8ǂ

+#

+#

B. pilosicoli (2.08)

+#

+#

-ф

B. pilosicoli

B. pilosicoli

352/9ǂ

+#

+#

B. pilosicoli (2.27)

+#

+#

-ф

B. pilosicoli

B. pilosicoli

  1. atrypticase soy agar; bfastidious anaerobe agar; cmatrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization – time of flight; dmultiplex polymerase chain reaction; eNADH oxidase gene; fhippurate-hydrolase gene; gtryptophanase gene; hribosomal ribonucleic acid; iNOIP - no organism identification possible; *sample 283 was isolated from the mother of three puppies from which samples 283.1, 283.2, and 283.3 were obtained; ǂsamples 352/7, 352/8, and 352/9 originated from dogs housed in the same kennel (pack of Beagle dogs); #indicates a positive result (either culture growth or banding in the MP-PCR); фindicates a negative result (either no culture growth or no banding in the MP-PCR); ¥no good quality sequence could be obtained for isolate no. 96, putative result