Table 1. Strains used and identification results

ND, Not done, negative indicates that no amplification was observed after agarose gel electrophoresis. ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA; GTC, Gifu Type Culture Collection, Gifu 500–8705, Japan; JCM, Japanese Collection of Micro-organisms, Saitama 351, Japan; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures, London NW9 5HT, UK.

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