Genotype of diploid strains.

Texts in italics indicated that information contained was generated for this study, and the rest was compiled from other sources.
“VN─” indicates that the AFLP method used here cannot distinguish the molecular types VNB and VNII.
“KN”- all KN strains were generated from the a-α crosses originally designed to obtain congenic pairs for the serotype D strain NIH433 and the serotype A strain H99 [31],[70].
1based on Crypto Check agglutination assay.
2Based on serotype and mating type specific PCR of SXI1α/2a and STE20α/a.
3The MMRL2445 isolate is likely of VNB molecular type based on MLST analysis. The AFLP is probably not discriminatory for this isolate.
4Genotype information about Bt strains was obtained from previous reports [40],[120].
5Genotype information about Australian strains was obtained from a previous report [43].
6See a previous report [46].
7based on serotype- and mating-type- specific PCR of SXI1/2 and STE20 where only Da alleles were amplified. Serotype-specific PCR of GPA1 and PAK1 indicated that both serotype A and D alleles were present.
*strains with unstable diploidy. The mechanisms of the diploidy instability in these strains are not clear. However, based on recent comparative genomic studies in C. neoformans and Candida albicans[123]–[125], it is possible that the population might have cells of different ploidy due to chromosomal loss or mitotic conversion.