TABLE 1.

List of reference strains used in this study representing Lactobacillus species commonly found in sourdough and the nucleotide sequence accession numbers

Reference strain	Other reference strain no.	Accession no.
		16S rRNA	16S-23S rRNA ISR and partial 23S rRNA
L. alimentarius LMG 9187T	DSM 20249T	M58804	AJ616015
L. brevis ATCC 14869T		M58810	AJ616223
L. farciminis DSM 20184T		AJ417499	AJ616017
L. fermentum ATCC 14931T	JCM 1173T	M58819	AF182720
L. fructivorans DSM 20203T		X76330	AJ616220
L. frumenti DSM 13145T		AJ250074	AJ616011
L. hilgardii DSM 20176T		M58821	AJ616222
L. mindensis DSM 14500T		AJ313530	AJ616016
L. panis DSM 6035T		X94230	AJ616012
L. paralimentarius DSM 13238T		AJ417500	AJ616014
L. paraplantarum DSM 10667T		AJ306297	AJ616224
L. pentosus ATCC 8041T	JCM 1558T	D79211	AJ635329
L. plantarum ATCC 14917T	NCDO 1752T; JCM 1149T	X52653	AF182722
L. pontis DSM 8475T	LMG 14187T	AJ422032	AJ616013
L. rossii DSM 15814T		AJ564009	AJ635330
L. sanfranciscensis DSM 20451T		M58830	AJ616221