PCR amplification of strain PPV3 with the F (50-GGTCTGAGA
GGATGATCAGT-30) and R (50-TTAGCTCCACCTCGCGGC-30) primers
produced the predicted 733 bp amplicon. The BLAST searches found
that the sequence exhibited 100% similarity with locus sequences of
two P. putida named KC178588 and JQ390529.