TABLE 2.
Isolate descriptions and MLST resultsa
| Isolate | Characteristic or site of isolation | Geographic origin | Allele no.b
|
DST | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaACC1 | CaVPS13 | CaGLN4 | CaADP1 | CaRPN2 | CaSYA1 | CaPMA1 | ||||
| FC-1 | Smooth phenotype of laboratory strain 3153A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| FC-2 | Star phenotype of laboratory strain 3153A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| FC-3 | White phenotype of laboratory strain WO-1 | Iowa City | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| FC-4 | Opaque phenotype of laboratory strain WO-1 | Iowa City | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| FC-5 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| FC-6 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| FC-7 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| FC-8 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| FC-9 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| FC-10 | Oral | El Paso, Tex. | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| FC-11 | Oral | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| FC-12 | Fecal; same source as FC-11 | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| FC-13 | Seminal | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| FC-14 | Oral; same source as FC-13 | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| FC-15 | Vaginal | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| FC-16 | Vaginal | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| FC-17 | Vaginal | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| FC-18 | Fecal; sexual partner from whom isolate FC-17 was obtained | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| FC-19 | Vaginal | Iowa City | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| FC-20 | Vaginal; same source as FC-19 | Iowa City | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| FC-21 | Vaginal | Iowa City | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| FC-22 | Vulval | Iowa City | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| FC-23 | Vulval | Iowa City | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| FC-24 | Oral; sexual partner from whom isolate FC-23 was obtained | Iowa City | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| FC-25 | Oral | Iowa City | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| FC-26 | Oral | Iowa City | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| FC-27 | Oral | Iowa City | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| FC-28 | Oral | Iowa City | 5 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| FC-29 | Vulval | Iowa City | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
a
The collection of 29 C. albicans strains was characterized previously (18), and the allele number for each of the seven genes and the DSTs determined by MLST in this study are shown; each distinct DST is a unique set of alleles for the seven genes.