Genome sequencing of four Aureobasidium pullulans varieties: biotechnological potential, stress tolerance, and description of new species

Table 6 Household genes established as fungal phylogenetic markers

Gene	Length (bp)	Number of exons/introns	Region used as marker/length/number of variable positions (vp) in Aureobasidium species	Previous use in Aureobasidium taxonomy/phylogeny (analysed region and reference)
ACT	1587–1605	6/6	Exon 5/722 bp/39 vp	-
GDP	1378–1462	3/2	Exon 2/1115 bp/272 vp	-
MCM7	2456–2462	3/2	Exon 2/2285 bp/562 vp	-
BTB	1634–1645	6/6	Exon 3/exon 5/700 bp/103 vp	Exon 3 to partial exon 5 (450 bp) [19, 49, 132]
TEF1A	1799–2006	6/5	Exon 3/1139 bp/87 vp	Intron 3 (260 bp) [19]; exon 3 (1000 bp) [49]
RPB1	5442–5461	4/3	Exon 3/4898 bp/1123 vp	Exon 2 to partial exon 3 (644 bp) [131]
RPB2	3820–3831	2/1	Exon 1/3608/803 vp	Exon 1 (3500 bp) [133, 134]; part of exon 1 (755–1100 bp) [49]

Properties of the Aureobasidium species homologues of phylogenetic markers that can be used to distinguish Aureobasidium species originating from this study.

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