Table 1. Pairwise similarity of 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences of the isolates and type strains.

Strains	Next-related type strain	% Similarity
		16S rRNA		rpoB
		Partial	full
JZ2	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	99.5	100.0
JZ3	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	99.4	98.6
JZ1	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ4	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	-	99.8
JZ5	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	-	-
JZ19	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM 20743T	100.0	-	-
N1	Corynebacterium xerosis DSM20743T	100.0	99.2	97.6
JZ6	Corynebacterium lactis RW2-5T	99.4	99.7	99.8
JZ20	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	100.0	99.5
JZ25	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	100.0	99.5
JZ10	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ11	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ21	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ28	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ29	Corynebacterium varabile DSM 20132T	100.0	-	99.5
JZ13	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.9	99.9	100.0
JZ14	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.9	99.9	100.0
JZ22	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.9	-	100.0
JZ23	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.9	-	100.0
JZ26	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.9	-	100.0
JZ32	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.7	-	100.0
JZ34	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.6	-	100.0
JZ36	Corynebacterium callunae DSM 20147T	99.6	-	100.0
JZ15	Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032T	99.8	99,9	99.5
JZ16	Corynebacterium crudilactis JZ16T	100.0	100.0	100.0
JZ27	Corynebacterium confusum DMMZ 2439T	100.0	99.9	98.1
FF1	Corynebacterium confusum DMMZ 2439T	99.9	99.9	98.1
FF3	Corynebacterium confusum DMMZ 2439T	99.9	99.9	98.4