TABLE 2.
Infra- and interspecific variation (V) within ITS1 and ITS2 sequences of the BCAs investigated
| Species | No. of sequences | ITS1
|
ITS2
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (bp) | V (%) | Length (bp) | V (%) | ||
| Infraspecific | |||||
| T. atroviride | 3 | 184 | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| T. asperellum | 3 | 181–183 | 0.5 | 176–178 | 1.1 |
| T. harzianum s.l. | 10 | 199–203 | 3.0 | 174–175 | 2.8 |
| T. longibrachiatum | 1 | 222 | 171 | ||
| Interspecific | |||||
| T. atroviride versus T. asperellum | 6 | 3.8–3.9 | 5.7–6.8 | ||
| T. atroviride versus T. harzianum s.l. | 13 | 17.6–18.0 | 10.3–10.9 | ||
| T. atroviride versus T. longibrachiatum | 4 | 15.3 | 4.7 | ||
| T. asperellum versus T. harzianum s.l. | 13 | 15.6–16.5 | 9.4–11.8 | ||
| T. asperellum versus T. longibrachiatum | 4 | 14.3–14.4 | 4.7 | ||
| T. harzianum s.l. versus T. longibrachiatum | 11 | 9.5–10.4 | 4.1–6.0 | ||