Human hypervariable minisatellite probes detect DNA polymorphisms in the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Summary The human minisatellite probes for hypervariable regions within the genome are able to detect restriction fragment length polymorphisms between subgroups of the filamentous fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. The two types of this pathogen that cause anthracnose on Stylosanthes spp. in Australia were distinguishable using the polycore probes 33.6 and 33.15. This is the first report of the use of these versatile probes for detecting polymorphic DNA regions in fungi.