TABLE 4.

Bacterial species identified in Domiati cheese samples using cloning and sequencing strategy

Band	TTGE or DGGE	Bacterial species or groups assigned by species database	Domiati sample no.	Closest sequence relative species	Identity (%)	GenBank accession no.
c	TTGE	Lactococcus garvieae	2, 3, 6,	Lactococcus garvieae	100	AY699289.1
d	TTGE	Aerococcus viridans	3, 7	Aerococcus viridans	100	DQ402378.1
g	TTGE	Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus	5	Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus	100, 100	DQ860149, AY362458
k	TTGE	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	1, 3	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	99	AB120036.1
n	TTGE	Unidentified	9	Marine sediment bacterium	99	AY669172.1
p	TTGE	Staphylococcus xylosus, Latobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus lactis	7, 8	Staphylococcus sciuri	98	AB233332
s	TTGE	Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6	Staphylococcus saprophyticus	99	AY375294.1
t	TTGE	Pediococcus pentosaceus, Macrococcus caseolyticus	4	Pediococcus inopinatus	100	AF404741.1
			7	Macrococcus caseolyticus	98	AY15711
u	TTGE	Streptococcus uberis, Moraxella bovis	4, 10	Lactobacillus versmoldensis	100	AJ496791.1
v	TTGE	Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus warneri	11	Enterococcus faecalis	99	AY850358.1
w	TTGE	Unidentified	7	Vibrio spp.	98	AY836815.1
			1, 3	Staphylococcus spp., Staphylococcus arlettae	100, 100	DQ888572, DQ872460.1
x	TTGE	Unidentified	9	Streptococcus parauberis	100	AY584477.1
b′	TTGE	Lactococcus lactis	10	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	100	AF515224.1
c′	TTGE	Streptococcus thermophilus	7	Streptococcus thermophilus	100	CP000024.1
c	DGGE	Citrobacter freundii	1	Citrobacter freundii	93	AF458082.1
j	DGGE	Unidentified	6	Kocuria halotolerans, Rothia spp.	100, 100	DQ979377, DQ822568
b′	DGGE	Propionibacterium acidipropionici, Kocuria spp.	4	Kocuria rhizophila	100	AF542072.1