What does a confidence level of Genus, Species, Family, or No match mean on a report?
Identification reports contain an identification and confidence level of species, genus, family/order/class (bacterial samples only) or no match. We will assign the highest level of taxonomic information possible for each sample. A species level identification will be given a genus and species name, as well as a confidence level of ‘Species’ on the report. A genus level identification will receive the genus name of the organism, but a species designation could not be confidently assigned for this organism. A family, order or class confidence level indicates that, although the sample could not be assigned to a particular genus, the sequence for the sample provided sufficient information to determine the family, order or class to which the organism belongs. The bacteria that are most closely related to the unknown determine the level of classification that we are able to assign. A “no match” indicates that, while we were able to sequence the organism successfully, we could not confidentl
