Table 1.

Samples investigated by multiple approaches.

Samples and their names	Number of sample	Method used
26.2.	1	Scanning Electron microscopy (SEM) qPCR*
Iax_3, 26.1	2	Metagenomic qPCR*
17.9, 26.3	2	Embedding (TEM) Culture
Iax_1, Iax_2, Iax_4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 26.4, 26.5	28	qPCR*
10 kibbles	10	Culture

In the table “*” was employed for qPCR designed after the genome sequencing and targeting the bacterium isolate.