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case_images: Mass spectrum profile of 
  
  Hydrogenophaga laconesensis
  
   and rank-ordered matches against the Bruker MALDI-TOF MS MBT 8468 database.
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case_images: F1
case_images: A strong mass spectrum profile was generated for each MALDI-TOF MS attempt, but no high-confidence matches were identified (Fig. 1).
case_images: Growth characteristics of 
  
  Hydrogenophaga laconesensis
  
   on various culture media, isolated from near-death drowning victim.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Sub-culture yielded a pure culture of non-haemolytic cream-coloured colonies on sheep blood agar after 24 h (Fig. 2a). Growth was also present on chocolate and eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar (Fig. 2b), with Gram stain showing a Gram-negative rod (Fig. 2c).
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case_images: Timeline of clinical course and microbiological workup pertinent to the identification of 
  
  Hydrogenophaga laconesensis
  
  .
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case_images: F3
case_images: A timeline of the patient's clinical course and microbiological workup pertinent to the identification of   H. laconesensis   can be found in Fig. 3.