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Microbiology vol.
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Supplementary Table S1. Cellular fatty acid
content (% of total) of strains I05-00074
T, I05-00051 and I03-00808.
Supplementary Table S2. DNA-DNA relatedness (%)
among the three tested strains and
Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp.
hirsuta DSM 43463
Tand
Saccharopolyspora spinosa DSM 44228
T.