Isolation and Characterization of Gram-Negative Bacterial Species from Pasteurized Dairy Products: Potential Risk to Consumer Health

Table 5

Sequence similarities in percent of the study isolates to the 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from the database.

Comparator	Isolates
	1	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	15	20	24
Salmonella enterica 13311	98	97	93	98	94	98	95	90	96	96	96
S. enterica ATCC 17058	99	98	94	99	95	98	95	93	99	97	98
S. enterica ATCC 13076	98	96	90	95	92	95	93	90	95	95	95
S.enterica 14847	98	97	92	97	94	97	94	90	98	95	98
S. enterica 9386	98	97	91	95	93	95	94	90	95	95	94
S. enterica ATCC 13314	98	97	91	95	93	96	94	90	96	95	94
S. enterica LT2	98	96	92	97	93	97	94		96	95	96
Enterobacter cloaca	99	98	91	96	94	96	94	91	97	97	96
Citrobacter freundii	95	96	91	95	94	96	95	91	97	96	96
Shigella dysenteriae 13313	97	96	90	93	93	94	94	88	94	95	94
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	97	95	90	93	92	93	93	88	94	95	93
Serratia marcesens	93	95	91	95	94	94	95	88	95	95	94
Yersinia sp. A125 KOH2	92	94	90	94	95	93	96	87	94	94	93
Proteus mirabilis 29906	90	90	93	89	91	89	92	87	90	90	89
Coxiella burnetii	82	83	84	81	82	83	82	NSH	81	83	83
Haemophilus influenzae 33391	85	83	84	84	85	84	84	79	84	84	83
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 50071T	84	85	86	84	85	85	85	NSH	85	84	84
Brucella abortus 009105	84	84	95	82	83	84	84	NSH	84	83	83
Campylobacter helveticus 51209	80	80	79	78	79	80	80	76	81	86	79
Mycobacterium avium 25291	80	78	80	79	79	81	79	NSH	81	79	80
Clostridium botulinum 19397	81	81	82	86	80	81	81	NSH	82	86	80
Listeria monocytogenes 19112	80	80	81	78	80	80	80	NSH	80	NSH	79
Enterococcus faecium 19434	NSH	79	80	NSH	78	79	79	NSH	80	NSH	78
Enterococcus faeca1is 9433	NSH	77	78	NSH	78	77	79	NSH	78	NSH	77
Staphylococcus aureus 25923	79	80	77	79	78	80	79	NSH	80	79	79
Bacillus cereus 10702	80	80	81	78	79	80	80	NSH	80	NSH	80
Bacillus subtilis	79	79	81	NSH	NSH	79	79	NSH	80	NSH	79
Lactococcus lactis AcCh35	NSH	78	79	NSH	77	78	77		78	NSH	77
Lactococcus lactis AcCh67	NSH	78	79	NSH	77	78	77		78	NSH	77

NSH: no substantial similarity.