TABLE 5.
Differentiation of C. albicans from C. dubliniensis by species-specific probes
| Target DNA | Mean A650 ± SDb
|
|
|---|---|---|
| C. albicans probe | C. dubliniensis probe | |
| C. albicansa | ||
| ATCC 11006 (C. stellatoidea type I) | 0.485 ± 0.252 | 0 |
| ATCC 36232 (C. stellatoidea type I) | 0.409 ± 0.178 | 0 |
| ATCC 20408 (C. stellatoidea type II) | 0.370 ± 0.168 | 0 |
| B36 | 0.568 ± 0.236 | 0 |
| Q10 | 0.640 ± 0.192 | 0 |
| Lecocq | 0.464 ± 0.124 | 0 |
| 2730 | 0.631 ± 0.192 | 0 |
| 3153A | 0.528 ± 0.068 | 0 |
| Mean A650 for CA probe | 0.512 ± 0.095 | 0 |
| C. dubliniensisc | ||
| M1 | 0 | 0.351 ± 0.090 |
| M4 | 0 | 0.407 ± 0.186 |
| P30 | 0 | 0.346 ± 0.088 |
| 1419-2 | 0 | 0.402 ± 0.132 |
| 901013 | 0 | 0.393 ± 0.101 |
| Mean A650 for DB probe | 0 | 0.380 ± 0.029 |
a
Strains not obtained from ATCC were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mycology Reference Laboratory.
b
Mean values for 4 to 10 replicates for each isolate.
c
Strains were received from S. Lockhart, D. Ahearn, and S. Meyer.