TABLE 2.

LH-PCR fragment length database of 13 strains isolated from cheese samples belonging to different RAPD-PCR clusters and 6 type strains

Strain	RAPD-PCR cluster or branch	No. of isolatesa	Origin	Closest relative or type strainb	Accession no.c	% Match	Fragment size (bp)d
750	23	1	Curd, 12 h	Kocuria kristinae	AF375912	100	310
714	1	2	Milk	Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis	AB289095	99	330 (284)
779	2	2	Curd, 48 h	Lactobacillus helveticus	AB008210	100	334
776	22	9	Curd, 6 h	Lactobacillus helveticus	AB008210	98	334
1056	34	2	Cheese, 6 mo	Lactobacillus casei	AJ558112	100	335
1247	35	1	Curd, 12 h	Lactobacillus casei	AB008205	100	335
830	10	85	Salted cheese	Lactobacillus rhamnosus	EU184020	100	336 (290)
1489	28	1	Cheese, 20 mo	Lactobacillus rhamnosus	EF533991	99	336 (290)
710	30	1	Curd, 48 h	Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum	EF577047	99	337 (290, 308)
1026	3	2	Cheese, 6 mo	Lactobacillus fermentum	AF477498	99	342, 344
730	31	7	Curd, 6 h	Lactobacillus fermentum	EU221276	99	342, 344
1466	12	1	Cheese, 20 mo	Pediococcus acidilactici	EU147316	99	345
805	25	2	Whey starter	Pediococcus acidilactici	EU147316	100	345
Type LMG 6897				Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris			318 (272)
Type LMG 6896				Streptococcus thermophilus			319 (273)
Type LMG 6890				Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis			318 (272, 291)
Type LMG 11423				Enterococcus faecium			328, 331 (284, 301, 303)
Type LMG 7937				Enterococcus faecalis			329 (283, 299)
Type LMG 6901				Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus			330
Type LMG 11457				Lactobacillus parabuchneri			345 (255, 299)

^aQuantity of strains isolated for this RAPD-PCR cluster or branch.

^bDetermined by 16S-rRNA BLAST.

^cGenBank.

^dThe fragment length is reported with an approximation of ±1 bp. The lengths of the secondary peaks are reported in parentheses.