Figure 1. Dendrograms obtained comparing the Rep-PCR profiles of Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from the untreated (A) and NaOH treated (B) table olive fermentations.

An arbitrary coefficient of similarity of 85% was selected to produce the clusters indicated with numbers. The lines on the right of the dendrograms indicate the origin of the isolates: gray, from the olives; black, from the brines.