Table 5: Degree of agreement in the identification of lactobacilli with MALDI-TOF MS and Rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting.

Identification Methodology MALDI-TOF MS
Rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting Lactobacillus species L. crispatus
(n)
L. gasseri
(n)
L. jensenii
(n)
L. johnsonii
(n)
L. murinus
(n)
L. crispatus
(n)
25 - - - -
L. gasseri
(n)
1 27 5 - -
L. jensenii
(n)
- - 15 - -
L. johnsonii
(n)
- - - 1 -
L. murinus
(n)
- - - - 10
Kappa Coefficient: 0.901(excellent degree of concordance)
Confidence interval Kappa SE(0): (0.775, 1.028)
Confidence interval Kappa SE(1): (0.826, 0.977)