Table 1 Bacterial isolates and genomic data used in this study

Haemophilus influenzae, incl. NTHi and biogroup aegyptius ^a

338 (201)

Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus

1 (1)

Haemophilus haemolyticus ^b

107 (32)

Haemophilus parahaemolyticus

2 (1)

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

5 (4)

Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus

1 (1)

Haemophilus sp. (novel “fuzzy” species)

17 (13)

Achromobacter sp.

1

Aggregatibacter (formerly Haemophilus) aphrophilus

1

Alcaligenes sp.

1

Alloiococcus otitidis

1

Bacillus sp.

1

Bacteroides fragilis

1

Burkholderia cenocepacia

1

Burkholderia cepacia

1

Burkholderia diffusa

1

Burkholderia multivorans

1

Burkholderia pseudomallei

1

Burkholderia pyrrocinia

1

Burkholderia thailandensis

1

Burkholderia vietnamiensis

1

Burkholderia spp.

2

Chromobacterium violaceum

1

Chryseobacterium sp.

1

Comamonas sp.

1

Cupriavidus spp.

2

Delftia sp.

1

Escherichia coli

1

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

Moraxella catarrhalis

1

Neisseria meningitidis

1

Pandoraea sp.

1

Pigmentiphaga sp.

1

Proteus mirabilis

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

Ralstonia mannitolilytica

1

Staphylococcus aureus

2

Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

Stenotrophomonas sp.

1

Streptococcus mitis

1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

Streptococcus pyogenes

2

TOTAL

511 (253)