FIG. 1.

Bootstrap consensus tree obtained for ITS sequences of dermatophytes listed in Table 1. The tree was generated by using stepwise addition of sequences from the heuristic search option of PAUP (version 4.0b2). Ninety-three of the 630 selected sites were informative, and the tree length is 170 steps. Bootstrap values are shown above 70%. T. abissinicum and T. balcaneum were used as outgroup strains. EMBL accession numbers for the sequences are as follows: T. abissinicum, AJ270790; T. circonvolutum, AJ270791; T. fischeri, AJ270792-3; T. fluviomuniense, AJ270794-5; T. glabrum, AJ270796; T. gourvilli, AJ270797; T. kanei, AJ270798; T. kuryangei, AJ270799; T. megninii, AJ270800, Z97994; T. pedis, AJ270801; T. raubitscheckii, AJ270802-5; T. rodhaini, AJ270806; T. rubrum, AJ270807-8, Z97993; T. soudanense, AJ270809; T. violaceum, AJ270810-11; T. yaoundei, AJ270812-13. AUT, authentic strain; T, type strain.