for P. simile sp. nov., the new primers cmd2–f (59-AGTGTCGGAGTACAAGGAGGC-
39; present study) and cmd–r (59-ATCTCGTCCACCTCGTCGTC-
39; present study) designed according to the cmd
gene sequences of P. scabrosum strains available from GenBank
(Supplementary Table S1) and of strains A2a–8 and 3Ba–AP–1 of P.
raistrickii newly sequenced in this study (Supplementary Table S1).