Table 1.

Microsatellites in the genome of C. albicans that have been characterized for strain typing of the species.

Locus	Chromosome	Repetitive motif		Primer sequence (5′→3′)
CDC3	1	(AGTA)n	Fwd	CAGATGATTTTTTGTATGAGAAGAA
			Rev	CAGTCACAAGATTAAAATGTTCAAG
EF3	5	(TTTC)n(TTC)n	Fwd	TTTCCTCTTCCTTTCATATAGAA
			Rev	GGATTCACTAGCAGCAGACA
HIS3	2	(ATTT)n	Fwd	TGGCAAAAATGATATTCCAA
			Rev	TACACTATGCCCCAAACACA
ERK1	–	(CAGGCT)n(CAAGCT)n(CAA)n	Fwd	CGACCACGTCATCAATAGAAATCG
		(GCCGCA)n(CTT)n	Rev	CGTTGAATGAAACTTGACGAGGGG
CAI	4	(CAA)2CTG(CAA)n(CAG)n	Fwd	ATGCCATTGAGTGGAATTGG
			Rev	AGTGGCTTGTGTTGGGTTTT
CAIII	5	(GAA)n	Fwd	TTGGAATCACTTCACCAGGA
			Rev	TTTCCGTGGCATCAGTATCA
CAIV	–	(ATT)n	Fwd	TGCCAAATCTTGAGATACAAGTG
			Rev	CTTGCTTCTCTTGCTTTAAATTG
CAV	3	(ATT)n	Fwd	TGCCAAATCTTGAGATACAAGTG
			Rev	CTTGCTTCTCTTGCTTTAAATTG
CAVI	2	(TAAA)n	Fwd	ACAATTAAAGAAATGGATTTTAGTCAG
			Rev	TGCTGGTGCTGCTGGTATTA
CAVII	1	(CAAAT)n	Fwd	GGGGATAGAAATGGCATCAA
			Rev	TGTGAAACAATTCTCTCCTTGC