A rapid culture independent methodology to quantitatively detect and identify common human bacterial pathogens associated with contaminated high purity water

Table 2 Microbial specificity testing of the developed multiplex assay

Assay	Diagnostics gene target	Inclusivity testing	Exclusivity testing
S. maltophilia	ssrA	5/5	0/90
Burkholderia genus	rnpB	10/10	0/85
P. aeruginosa	ssrA	14/14	0/81
S. marcescens	ssrA	5/5	0/90

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