Table 2. Levels of Aconitase Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Similarities for Candida krusei and Five Other Candida Species^a.

Species	Aconitase Sequence Similarity
	C. albicans	C. dubliniensis	C. tropicalis	C. parapsilosis	C. orthopsilosis	C. krusei
Amino acid sequence similarity
C. albicans
C. dubliniensis	96
C. tropicalis	90	90
C. parapsilosis	86	89	86
C. orthopsilosis	85	89	86	94
C. krusei	83	82	84	82	82
Nucleotide sequence similarity
C. albicans		99	94	89	89	84
C. dubliniensis			94	85	85	83
C. tropicalis				88	88	85
C. parapsilosis					98	81
C. orthopsilosis						82
C. krusei

^aValues are reported based on percentage.