Table 2.

Identification of bacterial strains based on 16S rRNA and rpoA sequence analysis.

Strain ID	Closely related validly published taxa	Sequence similarity of 16S rRNA gene (%)	Sequence similarity of rpoA gene (%)
YPK1	Enterococcus durans	99.93	100.00
YPK2	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	99.86	99.72
YPK3	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.79	100.00
YPK4	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.86	100.00
YPK5	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	100.00	99.58
YPK6	Lactobacillus kefiri	100.00	100.00
YPK7	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.86	100.00
YPK8	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.79	100.00
YPK9	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.65	100.00
YPK10	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.72	100.00
YPK11	Lactococcus lactis	99.64	99.29
YPK12	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.79	100.00
YPK13	Enterococcus durans	99.93	99.86
YPK14	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.72	100.00
YPK15	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.72	100.00
YPK16	Lactococcus lactis	99.93	100.00
YPK17	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.58	100.00
YPK18	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	99.79	99.86
YPK19	Lactococcus lactis	99.93	99.72
YPK20	Lactococcus lactis	99.93	99.57
YPK22	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.79	100.00
YPK23	Lactococcus lactis	99.93	99.58
YPK24	Enterococcus durans	99.93	100.00
YPK25	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	100.00	99.86
YPK26	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.72	100.00
YPK27	Lactobacillus kefiri	100.00	100.00
YPK28	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.58	100.00
YPK29	Lactobacillus kefiri	99.72	100.00
YPK30	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	99.93	99.57