Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of Aspergillus flavus isolates recovered from clinical specimens in Kuwait

Table 2 Nucleotide sequence differences in combined β-tubulin and calmodulin gene regions with the indicated sequence from reference A. flavus strain CBS100927

Pattern	No. of isolates	Representative isolate no.	*β-tubulin region			*Calmodulin region
	No. of isolates	Representative isolate no.	332 C	390 G	57 Ins	98 G	121 G	132 T	154 Ins	166 T	177 T	197 A	452 G	485 C	563 C
1^a	36	Kw 1032			A					A		T			T
2^b	22	Kw 28			A				T		C	T			T
3	20	Kw 2022			A				T			T	T
4	5	Kw 3497			A	T				A		T			T
5	4	Kw 733			A			C	T		C	T			T
6	4	Kw 858			A				T			T	T
7	2	Kw 2989			A					A		T		T	T
8	2	Kw 1916	A		A					A		T			T
9	2	Kw 420	A		A				T		C	T			T
10	1	Kw 2219			A		T		T		C	T	T
11	1	Kw 2208		A	A			C	T		C	T			T

*The nucleotide positions are relative to the 5′-end of forward sequencing primers.
^aFour environmental isolates belonged to this pattern.
^bThree environmental isolates belonged to this pattern.

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