MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL TAXONOMIC DIFFERENTIATION OF CANDIDA-BOIDINII RAMIREZ STRAINS

Molecular and chemical taxonomic characteristics, including DNA base c omposition, electrophoretic karyotype, restriction fragment length pol ymorphism of genes coding for rRNA, cellular fatty acid composition, a nd ubiquinone systems, were studied for 19 strains of Candida boidinii Ramirez. Electrophoretic karyotype and restriction fragment length po lymorphism demonstrated marked differences among these strains. A comb ination of molecular and chemical analyses can serve as a reliable too l for culture authentication and quality control of industrial strains .