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. 2008 Apr 25;74(12):3795–3803. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00049-08

TABLE 3.

Diversity of soil isolates obtained by direct cultivation on 10% TSA and by preincubation in an SSMS prior to plating on 10% TSA

Bacterial phyluma % of total community after:
Direct cultivation SSMS preincubation
Actinobacteria 93 11
Alphaproteobacteria 2 0.5
Betaproteobacteria 5 73
Gammaproteobacteria 11
CFB 0.5
Firmicutes 4
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CFB, Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroidetes. Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria are subphyla of Proteobacteria.