TABLE 1.

Fungal strains and genomes analyzed to identify and characterize the MAT locus

Species	Strain	MAT			%GC of flanking region (∼10 kb)	Genome
		Locus	Size (bp)a	%GC		Size (Mb)	%GC
M. gypseum	CBS118893	MAT1-1	2,941	45.77	47.38	23.25	48.48
M. canis	CBS113480	MAT1-1	3,383	43.54	47.85	23.24	47.52
M. gypseum	ATCC48982	MAT1-2	3,184	44.44	47.46	NAb	NA
T. equinum	CBS127.97	MAT1-2	3,161	44.86	48.29	24.13	47.39
T. rubrum	CBS118892	MAT1-1	3,005	45.26	47.34	22.51	48.3
T. tonsurans	CBS112818	MAT1-1	2,972	45.86	47.78	22.96	48.15
H. capsulatum	H143	MAT1-1	5,706	44.34	47.16	38.92	41.73
H. capsulatum	NAm1	MAT1-1	5,554*	43.62	46.89	32.99	46.16
H. capsulatum	H88	MAT1-2	5,829	43.82	46.99	37.9	42.02
H. capsulatum	G186AR	MAT1-2	5,371	44.37	46.37	30.44	44.57
C. immitis	H538.4	MAT1-1	8,167	44.1	49.04	27.73	46.96
C. immitis	RMSCC 3703	MAT1-1	NA	44.68	47.12	27.65	47.08
C. posadasii	RMSCC 3488	MAT1-1	8,149	44.15	47.56	28.15	46.33
C. posadasii	RMSCC 2133	MAT1-1	8,151	44.11	47.34	27.85	47.07
C. posadasii	CPA 0001	MAT1-1	8,176	44.04	48.12	28.62	46.09
C. immitis	RS	MAT1-2	9,142	44.33	48.77	28.89	46.02
C. immitis	RMSCC 2394	MAT1-2	9,142	44.32	47.59	28.82	46.22
C. posadasii	Silveira	MAT1-2	9,140*	43.88	48.56	27.47	46.86
C. posadasii	RMSCC 3700	MAT1-2	9,250*	44.26	47.34	25.45	48.11
C. posadasii	CPA 0020	MAT1-2	9,152*	44.06	49.56	27.29	46.84
C. posadasii	CPA 0066	MAT1-2	9,128*	44.17	47.87	27.71	46.32
C. posadasii	RMSCC 1037	MAT1-2	9,010	44.16	46.79	26.59	46.9
C. posadasii	RMSCC 1038	MAT1-2	9,136*	44.13	47.63	26.12	47.19
C. posadasii	C735 (TIGR)	MAT1-2	9,153	44.14	45.98	26.69	46.74
P. brasiliensis	P01	MAT1-1	6,851	42.55	46.82	32.94	42.82
P. brasiliensis	P03	MAT1-2	6,736	42.74	47.18	29.06	44.5
P. brasiliensis	P18	MAT1-2	9,558*	43.12	47.01	29.95	44.36

^a*, a gap is present in the MAT locus, and the %GC was calculated without this gap.

^bNA, not available.