Rapid identification of Debaryomyces hansenii/Candida famata by polymerase chain reaction

Med Mycol. 1999 Apr;37(2):101-4.

Abstract

Primers designed in this study were used in a polymerase chain reaction test to amplify a species-specific fragment of approximately 340 bp of the large subunit ribosomal DNA of Debaryomyces hansenii/Candida famata. None of the other medically relevant yeasts including C. guilliermondii, and also the related species, D. nepalensis and C. saitoana, were amplified by this primer pair.

MeSH terms

  • Candida / classification*
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Humans
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Saccharomycetales / classification*
  • Saccharomycetales / genetics
  • Saccharomycetales / isolation & purification
  • Species Specificity
  • Yeasts / classification
  • Yeasts / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal