Sequence Designation SIM Value Index Sample Identity ADF10 0.915 Pseudomonas aeruginosa CBF10 0.709 Pseudomonas putida CMF10 0.911 Pseudomonas aeruginosa KNF10 0.903 Pseudomonas aeruginosa MLF10 0.905 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NAF10 0.843 Pseudomonas aeruginosa TTF10 0.920 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 3: A color coded (green = high, yellow = moderate, red = poor) similarity index of likely sample identities based on the organism’s fatty acid content. The number in the similarity index value column expresses how closely the organism’s fatty acid content matched that of a library strain used as its match. The closer the number is to 1 the more likely the species indicated is the correct species for the samples in the study.