title: Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Aspergillus japonicus and Aspergillus aculeatus strains with special regard to their mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms.
abstract: Forty Aspergillus japonicus and A. aculeatus strains, most of them wild-type isolates, were examined using various molecular and phenotypic techniques. The rDNAs proved to be invariable (even strains of the species A. aculeatus exhibited the same restriction profile), while the strains could be classified into seven different mtDNA RFLP groups. Hybridisation data suggest that six of these mtDNA types have certain common restriction sites, while mtDNA type 7, which was exhibited by some A. aculeatus strains, probably has quite different mtDNA organisation and their size was smallest among the strains studied. The RAPD technique and isoenzyme analysis revealed some variabilities within these RFLP groups and strain specific features could also be recognised. Carbon source assimilation spectra were found to be very distinctive for strains of A. japonicus, A. aculeatus and A. niger, providing a useful tool for pre-characterising new wild-type isolates of black Aspergilli. Only a limited correlation was observed between the dendrograms based on genotypic and phenotypic characters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Attila József University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hamari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kevei
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kozakiewicz
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Croft
mesh_terms: D001230:Aspergillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D007527:Isoenzymes; D002244:Carbon