Fig 2.
16S rRNA gene PCR-DGGE profiles of the bacterial communities (A) and ITS PCR-DGGE profiles of the yeast communities (B) associated with the cocoa bean fermentation samples from the PC and the ST. (A) The closest relatives of the fragments sequenced, based on a search of GenBank (>97% similarity), were L. plantarum (bands 1, 2, and 3), L. fermentum (bands 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8), P. terrea (bands 9 and 10), a Staphylococcus sp. (band 11), B. subtilis (bands 12 and 13), an Acetobacter sp. (bands 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21), S. saprophyticus (bands 22, 23, and 24), an uncultured Lactobacillus sp. (band 25), T. ptyseos (bands 26 and 27), and a Bacillus sp. (bands 28 and 29). (B) The closest relatives of the fragments sequenced, based on a search of GenBank (>97% similarity), were a Hanseniaspora sp. (bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8), a Debaryomyces sp. (band 9), S. cerevisiae (bands 10 and 11), and P. kluyveri (bands 12 and 13).