Table 1. Melting temperatures of real time PCR for DNA extracted from strains isolated in this study and the T. thioparus standard strain at 24ºC, using T. thioparus specific primers. 10801) T. thioparus ATCC 10801 strain; API) API water separator strain; MUD) Sludge strain.

Strain

Tm (ºC)

API

85.98

MUD

84.95

10801

85.59