TABLE 3.

Specificities of DNA probes

Species	Probe	Specificity for:
		Same speciesa	Other species/generab
C. albicans	CA	0.426 ± 0.275	0.002 ± 0.002
C. dubliniensis	DB	0.322 ± 0.119	0.004 ± 0.007
C. glabrata	CGE	1.034 ± 0.343	0.006 ± 0.011
			(0.755 ± 0.229)b
C. guilliermondii	GU	0.821 ± 0.303	0.014 ± 0.026
			(0.639 ± 0.172)b
C. haemulonii	CH	0.841 ± 0.332	0.002 ± 0.002
C. kefyr	KF	1.184 ± 0.384	0.003 ± 0.006
C. krusei	CK	0.389 ± 0.136	0.009 ± 0.025
C. lambica	LA	0.640 ± 0.175	0.002 ± 0.002
C. lusitaniae	LU	0.483 ± 0.162	0.002 ± 0.001
C. norvegensis	NS	0.716 ± 0.242	0.006 ± 0.004
C. norvegica	NC	0.258 ± 0.102	0.004 ± 0.004
C. parapsilosis	CP	0.493 ± 0.231	0.003 ± 0.004
C. pelliculosa	PL	0.624 ± 0.320	0.003 ± 0.004
C. rugosa	CR	0.222 ± 0.098	0.002 ± 0.001
C. tropicalis	CT	0.870 ± 0.354	0.006 ± 0.020
C. utilis	CU2	1.161 ± 0.193	0.006 ± 0.024
C. viswanathii	VS	0.988 ± 0.419	0.006 ± 0.028
C. zeylanoides	CZ	0.361 ± 0.170	0.001 ± 0.001

^aMean A₆₅₀ value ± SD for 22 to 86 test samples. 

^bNo significant (P < 0.05) cross-hybridization of probe with DNAs from 37 other fungi which are listed in Table 2, except for the CGE probe with DNA from S. cerevisiae and the GU probe with DNA from C. zeylanoides (values in parentheses).