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Supplementary Figs S1 and S2. 16S rRNA gene
sequence-based phylogenies showing the relationships of strains
TRF-1
Tand TC-9 and the closest related taxa based on the
maximum-likelihood (Fig. S1) and maximum-parsimony (Fig. S2)
methods.
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