Mycobiology.  2000 Jun;28(2):82-88.

Molecular Characterization of Fusarium solani and its Formae Speciales Based on Sequences Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Region of Ribosomal DNA

• Lee YM
• Choi YK
• Min BR

Abstract

The sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 5.8s ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) from Fusarium solani and its four formae speciales belonging to section Martiella was determined to investigate intraspecific divergence of the ITS regions. The length of the 5.8S, a coding region, was equally 158 bp at all isolates, whereas the variable range of ITS region was shown at 147~152 bp (ITS1) and 148~174 bp (ITS2). According to the maximum-matching method, the matching percentage was 94~100 at 5.8s rDNA, 77~97 at ITS1, and 67~97 at ITS2, respectively. In dendrogram based on the alignment of the ITS sequence data, F.solani f. sp. piperis was distinguished from other isolates belonging to the same species and nucleotide identity was considerably low (41.5%).

Keyword

F. solani; Formae speciales; Internal transcribed spacer; rDNA; Sequencing

MeSH Terms

Clinical Coding
DNA, Ribosomal*
Fusarium*
RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S