The numbers of predominant bands were excised from the DGGE gels.

Abstract

<p>Each band represents a bacterial clone. Band numbers (corresponding to <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0151976#pone.0151976.g006" target="_blank">Fig 6</a> band classes) indicated the position of bands excised for sequence analyses (e.g. ‘“20”‘ means band 20).</p