FIG. 4.

Collection of G. candidum and G. fragrans strains from the Auvergne. (A) RAPD profiles and dendrogram, obtained by using primers OPA-19, OPT-12, and OPT-15, showing relationships between strains. According to the results of the reproducibility study (Fig. 2), isolates showing less than 88.0% similarity are probably different strains. Assimilation of dl-lactate (L) and d-mannitol (M) as sole sources of carbon is indicated to the right of the strain designations. −, negative; (+), weakly positive; +, positive; ++, strongly positive. (B) NaCl tolerances of the same strains after 8 days of growth in YEG medium containing different concentrations of NaCl (z axis). The y axis indicates the colony diameter (in millimeters) from day 0 to day 8.