Diversity and specificity of microsatellites within Aspergillus section Fumigati

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 List of markers amplified at 55°C annealing temperature in the group of species belonging to section Fumigati

	MC3	MC1	MC8	MC5	MC2	MC6a	MC7	MC6b
Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 46645	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis CBS 117186	√ ^a			√				√
Aspergillus lentulus CBS 116880^b	√ ^a							√
Aspergillus novofumigatus CBS 117519	√ ^a			√
Aspergillus unilateralis CBS 126.56	√ ^a							√
Aspergillus viridinutans CBS 121595	√ ^a							√
Neosartoryafischeri CBS 316.89	√ ^a			√		√		√
Neosartoryahiratsukae CBS 124073	√ ^a							√
Neosartoryapseudofischeri CBS 208.92^b	√ ^a							√
Neosartoryaudagawae CBS 114217	√ ^a		√					√

a) Unspecific amplification with MC3 primers (confirmed after sequence analysis).
b) Similar results were observed with other tested reference strains.

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