title: Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis isolated from the wound of a diabetic patient.
abstract: The new variety of Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis, isolated from an open necrotic wound of a diabetic patient is described. This strain differed from the two previously described varieties of A. elegans, A. elegans var. elegans and A. elegans var. meitauzae by nearly 1% or more sequence divergence within D1/D2 regions of 28S rRNA and the ITS region of rRNA genes. Like the other two varieties, no zygospores were observed; however, there was evidence suggesting intersexual diploidy, a feature not described previously in this species. Additionally, A. elegans var. kuwaitiensis was pathogenic to white mice causing 100% mortality within 5 days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. ziauddin@hsc.edu.kw
authors.forename: Zia U
authors.initials: ZU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Eiman
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mokaddas
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandy
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D005260:Female; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009090:Mucorales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S; D002244:Carbon