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Supplementary Fig. S1. Agarose gel electrophoresis of
RAPD profiles from 12 novel yeast isolates from rotting
mangosteen fruit generated using the (GTG)
5primer. Lanes: 2–4, representatives of group
G-I; 5–7, representatives of G-II; 8–10,
representatives of G-III; 11–13, representatives of G-IV;
1 and 14, molecular size markers.