Abstract
The ubiquinone systems and electrophoretic comparison of enzymes were used to determine the relatedness among 64 isolates of seven Aspergillus spp. These were 31 clinical and 3 nonclinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus Fres., 2 isolates of A. nidulellus Samson & W. Gams, 8 isolates of A. terreus Thom, 4 isolates of A. flavus Link, 1 isolate of A. oryzae (Ahlburg) Cohn, 14 isolates of A. niger van Tieghem, and 1 isolate of A. japonicus Saito. The enzymes glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, fumarase, and malate dehydrogenase were examined. The relative mobilities were analyzed numerically. The results were presented as a dendrogram. Isolates from clinical and nonclinical sources within the same species had identical ubiquinone systems and identical or very similar enzyme patterns. In the dendrogram, 64 of the tested isolates were separated into seven major clusters at a 60% similarity level. Each major cluster corresponds to a single species. On the dendrogram, A. fumigatus isolates showed homogeneity, whereas A. niger isolates showed relative heterogeneity; in particular, A. niger MF-24 and the other A. niger isolates were distantly linked to each other. All A. fumigatus isolates had the Q-10 ubiquinone system and formed a single major cluster at a similarity level of 73% or greater. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase were key enzymes for differentiating all clinical and nonclinical isolates of A. fumigatus from the other Aspergillus spp. Ubiquinone systems and enzyme patterns appear to be objective and useful indicators for use in the precise identification of clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp.
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