TABLE 5.

Correspondence between strains isolated from pozol and DGGE bands

Isolation medium	Location	No. of strains that comigrated with the following pozol DGGE bands and positionsa:
		Band 10	Band 9	Band 7	Bands 9 and 10	Position a	Position b	Position c	Total
MRS-glucose	Periphery	13	4	2					19
	Intermediate	25	4		4				33
	Center	14	10						24
MRS-starch	Periphery	3	2						5
	Intermediate	15			1				16
	Center	2							2
LEU	Periphery	5		12					17
	Intermediate	5		3		1			9
M17	Periphery		5				2	4	11
Total for all media	Periphery	21	11	14			2	4	52
	Intermediate	45	4	3	5	1			58
	Center	16	10						26
Total for all media and all samples		82	25	17	5	1	2	4	136

^aNone of the strains tested produced bands that comigrated with pozol bands 1 through 6, 8, and 11. Positions a, b, and c did not correspond to pozol DGGE bands. Position a was between bands 6 and 7; position b was between bands 4 and 5; and position c was also between bands 4 and 5.