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Supplementary Fig. S1. Two-dimensional thin-layer
chromatograms of phospholipids of strains YIM 65001
T(
Dietzia schimae sp. nov.) and YIM 65002
T(
Dietzia cercidiphylli sp. nov.).
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Supplementary Table S1. Fatty acid profiles of strains YIM
65001
T(
Dietzia schimae sp. nov.) and YIM 65002
T(
Dietzia cercidiphylli sp. nov.) and the type strains of
closely related
Dietzia species.
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