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Supplementary Fig. S1. Morphological features of strain
SST-39
Tobserved by transmission electron microscopy. The
culture was grown on TSA at 30 °C for 3 days. Bar, 0.5
µm.
Supplementary Fig. S2. Neighbour-joining tree based on
16S rRNA gene sequences showing the relationships between
strain SST-39
Tand representatives of the suborder
Propionibacteriaceae and related taxa.
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