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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1998, p. 1634-1641, Vol. 36, No. 6
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rapid Identification of Candida albicans and Other Human Pathogenic Yeasts by Using Short Oligonucleotides in a PCR

B. M. Mannarelli* and C. P. Kurtzman

Microbial Properties Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Illinois 61604

Received 12 December 1997/Returned for modification 14 January 1998/Accepted 17 March 1998

A PCR system that can quickly and accurately identify 14 species of human pathogenic yeasts was developed. The procedure distinguished between nine species of a closely related clade, Lodderomyces elongisporus, Candida parapsilosis, a new Candida sp., C. sojae, C. tropicalis, C. maltosa, C. viswanathii, C. albicans, and C. dubliniensis and between another five more divergent species, Pichia guilliermondii, C. glabrata, C. zeylanoides, C. haemulonii, and C. haemulonii type II. A rapid DNA extraction procedure that yields purified DNA in about 1 h is also described. The system uses uniform conditions with four primers for each reaction, two 40- to 50-mer universal primers that serve as a positive control and two 23- to 30-mer species-specific primers. Species-specific primers were derived from a 600-nucleotide variable region (D1/D2) at the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA gene and were generally designed to use mismatches at the 3' end. Universal primers were developed from conserved nucleotide sequences in the small-subunit (18S) rRNA gene. In this system, a control 1,200- to 1,300-base DNA fragment was produced in all reactions and a smaller 114- to 336-base DNA fragment was produced if the chromosomal DNA from the target species was present. The PCR procedure is rapid and easy to interpret and may be used with mixed cultures.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbial Properties Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service, 1815 North University St., Peoria, IL 61604. Phone: (309) 681-6394. Fax: (309) 681-6672. E-mail: MANNARBM{at}NCAUR.USDA.GOV.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1998, p. 1634-1641, Vol. 36, No. 6
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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