title: Electrophoretic karyotypes of some related Mucor species.
abstract: Contour clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) gel electrophoresis was used to obtain electrophoretic karyotypes from nine Mucor strains representing five different species (M. bainieri, M. circinelloides, M. mucedo, M. plumbeus and M. racemosus). The chromosomal banding patterns revealed high variability among the isolates. The sizes of the DNA in the Mucor chromosomes were estimated to be between 2.5 and 8.7 Mb. The total genome sizes were calculated to be between 30.0 and 44.7 Mb. The applicability of these electrophoretic karyotypes for the investigation of genome structure, for strain identification and for species delimitation is considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Palagyi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vastag
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferenczy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vágvölgyi
mesh_terms: D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D007621:Karyotyping; D009089:Mucor / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal