Table 2.
Number of cleistothecia produced (per 9 cm Petri dish) in crosses between six isolates of MAT1-1 and six isolates of MAT1-2 genotype of A. fumigatus * from different continents and countries worldwide. Crossing results with Irish tester strains are included for comparison. Numbers are mean of three replicates ± SD.
| MAT1-2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | Africa | South America | North America | Europe | |||||
| MAT1-1 | India | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Brazil |
USA
(San Francisco) |
USA
(Michigan) |
Ireland | ||
| Asia | India | 36 ± 7 | 81 ± 57 | 104 ± 61 | 29 ± 19 | 77 ± 47 | 15 ± 4 | 33 ± 28 | |
| China | 24 ± 10 | 113 ± 37 | 192 ± 14 | 180 ± 13 | 126 ± 22 | 98 ± 18 | 111 ± 34 | ||
| Africa | South Africa | 99 ± 12 | 2 ± 3 | 11 ± 14 | 65 ± 22 | 118 ± 26 | 25 ± 13 | 72 ± 30 | |
| North America | Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 ± 6 | 26 ± 5 | 0 | 72 ± 28 | |
| Europe | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 174 ± 84 | 6 ± 10 | 19 ± 14 | 0 | 22 ± 12 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 24 ± 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 ± 26 | ||
| Ireland | 77 ± 77 | 25 ± 24 | 317 ± 78 | 32 ± 3 | 46 ± 66 | 84 ± 36 | 58 ± 12 | ||
* MAT1-1 isolates used were from India (47-147), South Africa (47-159), China (47-169), Portugal (47-122), Germany (47-212), Hawaii (47-180) and Irish strain 47-51. MAT1-2 isolates used were from India (47-142), South Africa (47-140), Zimbabwe (47-190), Brazil (47-135), USA-San Francisco (47-107), USA-Michigan (47-215) and Irish strain 47-55.