Table S1. List of isolates analysed, their origin and sample type. External strains for comparison purposes have been included in the study: the type strains C. amycolatum CCUG 35685T and C. striatum ATCC 6940T, as well as two strains of C. striatum with different origins, CCUG 39137 (from a human wound) and CCUG 44705 (tobacco industry). Strain Date Sex Hospitala Sample 2 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 35 36 May 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 April 2007 February 2007 February 2007 March 2007 March 2007 March 2007 April 2007 April 2006 March 2006 March 2006 June 2006 March 2006 May 2006 November 2006 November 2006 December 2006 February 2007 February 2007 Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men HSLL HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HSLL HJM HJM HJM HJM HSLL HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Quality of the sampleb 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Isolates per sample 1 2 (C. striatum, Escherichia coli) 1 1 1 2 (C. striatum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) 1 1 1 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 2 (C. striatum, Staphylococcus aureus) 1 1 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 1 2 (C. striatum, Proteus mirabilis) 1 1 2 (C. striatum, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia) 1 1 Table S1. Continued. Strain Date Sex Hospitala Sample 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 June 2007 July 2007 June 2007 June 2007 July 2007 July 2007 March 2008 October 2007 January 2008 February 2008 February 2008 February 2008 April 2008 April 2008 May 2008 May 2008 October 2008 November 2008 February 2009 March 2009 January 2009 March 2009 February 2009 February 2009 Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Men Women Men Men Men Women Men Women Women Women Women Men Men Men Women HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HJM HG HJM Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Sputum Quality of the sampleb 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Isolates per sample 1 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 1 1 1 3 (C. striatum, 2 P. aeruginosa) 3 (C. striatum, S. maltophilia, Moraxella catarrhalis) 1 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 3 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa, S. maltophilia) 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 1 1 3 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa, Achromobacter xylosoxidans) 1 1 1 2 (C. striatum, P. aeruginosa) 1 2 (C. striatum, Rothia mucilaginosa) 3 (C. striatum, 2 P. aeruginosa) 2 (C. striatum, S. maltophilia) Table S1. Continued. Strain Date Sex Hospitala Sample 68 69 February 2009 March 2009 Men Men HJM HSLL 70 March 2009 Men HSLL 71 73 74 March 2009 February 2009 June 2009 Men Men Men HSLL HG HJM Dermis ulcer smear Emergency - Sputum Oncology – Surgical wound smear Emergency - Sputum Sputum Sputum a b Quality of the sampleb 1 1 3 (C. striatum/amycolatum, S. aureus, Enterobacter cloacae) 1 1 2 (C. striatum/amycolatum, S. epidermidis) 2 1 1 1 3 (C. striatum, 2 P. aeruginosa) (C. striatum, E. coli) Isolates per sample HSLL (Hospital Son LLàtzer), HJM (Hospital Joan March) and HG (Hospital General) are referred to different hospitals from Mallorca. Quality of the sample: 1, good quality; and 2, contamination with high number of leucocytes (>50).