The 16S rRNA gene amplicons representative of the
different genotypes were purified and sequenced by Macrogen, Inc.
(Seoul, South Korea), using an ABI3730 XL automated DNA
sequencer. DNA sequences were compared with those in the Gen-Bank databases. The identity was established by 100% sequence
homologywith the available sequences in all the cases, except with
Acetobacter syzygiiwhose sequence homology was only 99.1% and
this sequence was deposited in the GenBank database under the
accession number JF951749