TABLE 4.
Nucleotide sequence types in P. carinii f. sp. hominisa
| Sample | ITS sequence type | Nucleotide at indicated position in gene encoding:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mt LSU rRNA
|
mt SSU rRNA
|
arom locus
|
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| 81 | 85 | 248 | 160 | 196 | 121 | 208 | ||
| LT68 | B1a1 | C | T | C | C | T | C | A |
| B2a1 | ||||||||
| US3846 | B1a1 | C | T | NDd | A | G | C | A |
| B2a1 | C | C | ND | C | T | |||
| B2a4b | ||||||||
| US3885 | A2c1 | C | T | ND | A | G | C | A |
| A2c2b | C | C | ND | |||||
| A3c1b | ||||||||
| US4001 | B1a3 | C | T | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| B3a3 | C | C | ND | |||||
| US4015 | B1b2 | C | C | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| SP81 | B2a1 | Tc | C | C | ND | ND | ND | ND |
a
New sequences were compared to sequences for ITS sequence types and the genes encoding mt LSU rRNA, mt SSU rRNA, and the arom locus from references 15, 14, 4, and 1, respectively, used as standards.
b
New sequence type identified in this study.
c
New variation at this nucleotide position.
d
ND, not determined.