Table 1.
Overview of the Chytridiomycota isolates used to verify the specificity of the real-time duplex PCR for B. dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans
Species | Class | Order | Isolate | Amplificationa |
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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | Chytridiomycetes | Rhizophydiales | JEL423 | Yes (B. dendrobatidis) |
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans | Chytridiomycetes | Rhizophydiales | AMFP13/1 | Yes (B. salamandrivorans) |
Homolaphlyctis polyrhiza | Chytridiomycetes | Rhizophydiales | JEL142 | No |
Rhizophlyctis rosea | Chytridiomycetes | Rhizophlyctidales | JEL532 | No |
Gaertneriomyces semiglobifer | Chytridiomycetes | Spizellomycetales | JEL384 | No |
Rhizoclosmatium globosum | Chytridiomycetes | Chytridiales | JEL791 | No |
Podochytrium dentatum | Chytridiomycetes | Chytridiales | JEL30 | No |
Polychytrium aggregatum | Chytridiomycetes | Polychytriales | JEL109 | No |
Geranomyces variabilis | Chytridiomycetes | Spizellomycetales | JEL518 | No |
Monoblepharis polymorpha | Monoblepharidomycetes | Monoblepharidales | JEL486 | No |
The component of the duplex real-time PCR that showed amplification in positive samples is indicated in parentheses.