Table 3.

Identification of the interior bacterial community by culture dependent isolation followed by16S rRNA gene sequencing

Rep-PCR group	Sequence length (bp)	Similarity (%)	Closest phylogenetic affiliation in EzTaxon	Distribution (%)	GenBank accession number
GM17 (30 °C)
Dairy A
1A-G1	1,364	100	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	74	JQ680412
1A-G2	1,375	99.9	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	26	JQ680413
Dairy B
1B-G1	1,410	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	53	JQ680414
1B-G2	1,399	99.6	Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides	47	JQ680415
Dairy C
1C-G1	1,340	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	100	JQ680416
Dairy D
1D-G1	1,441	100	Lactobacillus paracasei	95	JQ680417
1D-G2	1,415	99.9	Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris	5	JQ680418
MRS (pH 6.2, 30 °C)
Dairy A
2A-G1	1,421	100	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	80	JQ680419
2A-G2	1,385	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	10	JQ680420
2A-G3	1,382	100	Lactobacillus paracasei	10	JQ680421
Dairy B
2B-G1	1,425	99.4	Lactobacillus oligofermentans	82	JQ680422
2B-G2	1,320	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	12	JQ680423
2B-G3	1,361	99.4	Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides	6	JQ680424
Dairy C
2C-G1, 2C-G2	1,409	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis	100	JQ680425
Dairy D
2D-G1	1,435	100	Lactobacillus paracasei	95	JQ680426
2D-G2	1,407	100	Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris	5	JQ680427
MRS (pH 5.4, 37 °C)
Dairy A
3A-G1	1,405	99.9	Lactobacillus paracasei	71	JQ680428
3A-G2	1,448	100	Lactobacillus parabuchneri	29	JQ680429
Dairy B
3B-G1	1,432	99.9	Lactobacillus brevis	80	JQ680430
3B-G2	1,428	99.0	Lactobacillus farciminis	15	JQ680431
3B-G3	1,409	100	Enterococcus dispar	5	JQ680432
Dairy C
3C-G1	1,411	100	Lactobacillus paracasei	100	JQ680433
Dairy D
3D-G1	1,438	100	Lactobacillus paracasei	100	JQ680434