title: DNA relatedness, taxonomy, and medical significance of Geotrichum capitatum.
abstract: Among the clinical isolates hitherto identified as Geotrichum capitatum, two groups were defined from DNA-DNA reassociation experiments. This confirms the existence of two closely related, human-pathogenic Geotrichum species, namely, G. capitatum and G. clavatum. A third group of strains from cactus rots, though morphologically identical to G. capitatum, has a lower moles percent G + C of DNA. The three groups can be recognized by a combination of morphological and physiological characters.
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D003596:Cytosine / Q000032:analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis*; D005847:Geotrichosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005848:Geotrichum / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D006147:Guanine / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D006147:Guanine; D003596:Cytosine