Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis isolated from the wound of a diabetic patient |
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Authors: | Zia U. Khan Suhail Ahmad Eiman Mokaddas Rachel Chandy Josep Cano Josep Guarro |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat, 13110, Kuwait, ziauddin@hsc.edu.kw. |
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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. |
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Keywords: | Actinomucor elegans var. kuwaitiensis Kuwait Zygomycete |
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