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Supplementary Fig. S1. FT-IR-based similarity dendrogram
for
Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov. WCC 4188
Tand representatives of closely related genera.
Supplementary Fig. S2. FT-IR-based similarity dendrogram
for the six strains of
Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., WCC 4185, WCC
4186, WCC 4187, WCC 4188
T, WCC 4189 and WCC 4190, and comparison with M13
RAPD-fingerprint profiles.
Supplementary Table S1. Cellular fatty acid compositions
of isolates WCC 4187, WCC 4188
T, WCC 4189 and WCC 4190.
Supplementary Table S2. DNA–DNA relatedness
between four strains of
Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov.
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