Table 1.

Overview of R (A – G) and Y (T – C) base ambiguity for 264 isolates from 32 species, sequenced with Oxford Nanopore Technologies using Kit 14

SpeciesTotal samplesSamples with >50 ambig. PMean R (A – G) ambiguity per sample (min/max)Mean Y (T – C) ambiguity per sample (min/max)Motif typeReference
Achromobacter xylosoxidans10 (0%)64NAa
Acinetobacter baumannii155 (33.33%)22.53 (0/109)19.87 (0/83)NAa
Acinetobacter junii11 (100%)279223CARATG

CATYTG
a
Acinetobacter mesopotamicus11 (100%)5328NAa
Acinetobacter radioresistens11 (100%)175150RA

TY
a
Acinetobacter soli10 (0%)1211NAa
Bordetella pertussisd400 (0%)0.1 (0/1)0.2 (0/1)NA(Wagner et al. 2023)
Chryseobacterium arthrosphaerae10 (0%)137NAa
Chryseobacterium gleum11 (100%)218217RACGC

GCGTY
a
Citrobacter freundii33 (100%)145.67 (49/329)137.67 (39/319)CRATGTCGACATYGa
Citrobacter portucalensis22 (100%)29 (26/32)29 (28/30)RA

TY
a
Enterobacter cloacae11 (100%)153162NAa
Enterobacter hormaechei51 (20%)15.60 (4/45)15.60 (6/42)NAa
Enterococcus faecalis1010 (100%)250.40 (223/275)249.00 (210/270)TRAG

CTYA
c
Enterococcus faecium192 (10.53%)15.74 (0/27)14.63 (0/28)RACC

GGTY
(Dabernig-Heinz et al. 2024)b
Escherichia coli83 (37.50%)31.38 (2/118)29.31 (4/111)NAa
Escherichia flexneri109 (90%)49.10 (19/88)44.70 (18/88)RAT

ATY
a
Klebsiella aerogenes10 (0%)2217NAa
Klebsiella michiganensis11 (100%)5642NAa
Klebsiella pneumoniae7038 (54.29%)97.04 (3/835)92.47 (3/847)RACG

CGTY
(Viehweger et al. 2021)a,b
Klebsiella oxytoca10 (0%)59NAa
Listeria monocytogenes173 (17.65%)37.94 (0/514)40.82 (0/557)NAb
Micrococcus luteus11 (100%)172220CRAC

GTYG
a
Proteus mirabilis11 (100%)4543CRAC

GTYG
a
Pseudomonas aeruginosa196 (33.33%)389.17 (0/2251)387.56 (0/2290)AARACC

GGTYTT
a
Pseudomonas asiatica21 (50%)145 (0/290)144.50 (0/289)CCRA

TYGG
a
Pseudomonas stutzeri10 (0%)1416NAa
Salmonella enterica21 (50%)41.5 (7/76)42.5 (7/78)NAa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia11 (100%)229171TACRAC

GTYGTA
a
Serratia marcescens44 (100%)107.75 (68/178)99.5 (67/171)CCRA

TYGG
a
Shewanella algae22 (100%)71.5 (37/106)50 (32/68)NAa
Staphylococcus aureus208 (40%)23.35 (0/99)23.35 (0/97)RACC

GGTY
b

[i] Only chromosomal contigs were analyzed, and only “superaccurate” basecalling models were used. Chromosomes were coverage-masked by N if below a read depth of 10×. N positions were not considered for the table to avoid overestimating one base ambiguity.

[ii] aSequenced strains received from Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology, Optisch-Molekulare Diagnostik und Systemtechnologie.

[iii] bSequenced strains received from Diagnostic and Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz.

[iv] cOwn samples from the Jena University Hospital.

[v] dSequenced with Kit 12; resequencing via Kit 14 showed no differences.