TABLE 1.

V. halioticoli-like strains used for fingerprinting analysis

V. halioticoli strain (synonym)a	Host animal of isolateb
	Species	Date collected	Place of collectionc	Statusd
IAM 14596	H. discus hannai	July 1991	Kumaishi	Cultured
IAM 14597	H. discus hannai	Apr. 1993	Taisei	Cultured
IAM 14598	H. discus hannai	Jan. 1994	Shiriuchi	Cultured
IAM 14599	H. discus hannai	Jan. 1994	Shiriuchi	Cultured
1Y2-20	H. discus hannai	May 1997	Kumaishi	Cultured
1Y2-26 (LMG19964)	H. discus hannai	May 1997	Kumaishi	Cultured
2Y1-13 (LMG19965)	H. discus hannai	May 1997	Kumaishi	Cultured
2Y2-23	H. discus hannai	May 1998	Kumaishi	Cultured
25Y1-10	H. discus hannai	May 1997	Kumaishi	Cultured
25Y2-25	H. discus hannai	May 1997	Kumaishi	Cultured
KN1Y1-9	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KN1Y2-9	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KL1Y1-12	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KL1Y1-18	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KL1Y2-10	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KLA1Y1-10	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
KLA1Y2-23	H. discus hannai	July 1997	Ofunato	Cultured
HDD1-1 (LMG19972)	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD1-2	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD2-1 (LMG19971)	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD2-2	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD3-1 (LMG19973)	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD3-2	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD4-1 (LMG19974)	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD4-2	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD5-1 (LMG19975)	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD5-2	H. discus discus	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDD6-1 (LMG19977)	H. discus discus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Cultured
HDD6-2 (LMG19976)	H. discus discus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Cultured
HDD7-1	H. discus discus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Wild
HDD7-2 (LMG19978)	H. discus discus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Wild
HDS1-1 (LMG19970)	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS1-2	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS2-1 (LMG19969)	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS2-2	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS3-1 (LMG19968)	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS3-2	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS4-1 (LMG19967)	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS4-2	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS5-1 (LMG19966)	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDS5-2	H. diversicolor aquatilis	July 1999	Kanagawa	Cultured
HDV1-1 (LMG19979)	H. diversicolor diversicolor	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Wild
TC2-1	T. cornutus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Wild
TC2-3	T. cornutus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Wild
TC4-2 (LMG19963)	T. cornutus	Dec. 1999	Izu Ohshima	Cultured
KSW-5	Seawater	May 1997	Kumaishi
COSW-2	Seawater	July 1999	Kumaishi

^aLMG, BCCMTM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Gent Universitiet, Ghent, Belgium; IAM, Institute of Applied Microbiology, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

^bAll isolates were from host animals, except for KSW-5 and COSW-2, which were isolated from seawater.

^cKumaishi, Taisei, and Shiriuchi are located in Hokkaido, Japan; Ofunato is located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Kanagawa is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; and Izu Ohshima is located in Tokyo, Japan.

^dCultured, abalone farmed and cultured using artificial fertilization; wild, abalone caught in the wild.