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SUBMITTER: Odds FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1951527 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Odds Frank C FC Bougnoux Marie-Elisabeth ME Shaw Duncan J DJ Bain Judith M JM Davidson Amanda D AD Diogo Dorothée D Jacobsen Mette D MD Lecomte Maud M Li Shu-Ying SY Tavanti Arianna A Maiden Martin C J MC Gow Neil A R NA d'Enfert Christophe C
Eukaryotic cell 20070406 6
We analyzed data on multilocus sequence typing (MLST), ABC typing, mating type-like locus (MAT) status, and antifungal susceptibility for a panel of 1,391 Candida albicans isolates. Almost all (96.7%) of the isolates could be assigned by MLST to one of 17 clades. eBURST analysis revealed 53 clonal clusters. Diploid sequence type 69 was the most common MLST strain type and the founder of the largest clonal cluster, and examples were found among isolates from all parts of the world. ABC types and ...[more]