TABLE 2.

Summary of RFLP analysis of the 18S rDNA region with seven restriction enzymes^a

Species	Strain no.	Length (bp) of SSU rDNA	Pattern obtained with the following enzyme:
			HaeIII	HinfI	DdeI	RsaI	MspI	HhaI	TaqI
P. boydii 1	IP 1698.87	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii 1	CBS 101.22	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii 1	IP 1945.90	1,800	A	A		A	A	A	A
P. boydii 2	CBS 499.90	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii 3	CBS 108.54	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii 3	IP 1742.88	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii	CBS 591.90	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii	RKI 866/94	1,800	A	A	A	A	B	A	A
P. boydii	CBS 101720	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. boydii	CBS 101717	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. africana	CBS 311.72	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. angusta	CBS 254.72	1,800	A	A	A	A		A	A
P. ellipsoidea	CBS 418.73	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. fusoidea	CBS 106.53	1,800	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P. fimeti	CBS 129.78	1,800	D	A	A	A	A	A	A
G. tectonae	CBS 127.84	1,800	E	A	A	A	A	A	A
S. prolificans	RKI 1482/95	1,800	C	J	D	C	A	C	A
S. prolificans	RKI 2399/94	1,800	C	J	D	C	A	C	A
S. prolificans	CBS 467.74	1,800	C	D	D	C	A	C	A
S. prolificans	CBS 114.90	1,800	C	J	D		A		A
P. guttulata	CBS 362.61	1,800	D	A	A	L	H	E	A
P. lindforsii	CBS 352.59	1,800	F	F	F	E	E	A	D
P. boydii	CBS 100.26	1,800	M	K	G	H	F	K	C
P. boydii	CBS 330.93	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B	F
P. boydii	CBS 329.93	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B	F
P. boydii 2	IP 1946.90	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B	B
P. boydii	RKI 2956/93	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B	B
P. boydii	RKID 386	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B	B
P. boydii 2	IP 1411.82	2,180	B	B	B	B	D	B
P. boydii 2	CBS 987.73	2,180	H	H	H	J	M	H	F
P. boydii	CBS 101719	2,180	H	H	J	J	M	H	F
P. boydii	CBS 101718	2,270	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
P. desertorum	CBS 489.72	2,720	G	E	E	D		D	D
P. boydii	RKI 2782/95	2,720	H	G	L	G	C	G	B
P. boydii 2	CBS 695.70	3,300	B	C	C	F	G	F

^aThe different lengths of the corresponding SSU rDNAs are mentioned. For P. boydii the numbers following the species name indicate the nDNA-DNA reassociation groups (15). Banding patterns are characterized as letters.