Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear rRNA genes and the intron-exon structures of the nuSSU rRNA gene in Dictyocatenulata alba (anamorphic Ascomycota).

Molecular phylogenies inferred from the nuclear small subunit rRNA gene (nuSSU), nuclear large subunit rRNA gene D1/D2 region (nuLSU), and ITS-5.8S rRNA gene (ITS) indicated that five cultures of the lichenized hyphomycete Dictyocatenulata alba isolated from Japan form a monophyletic clade with high bootstrap support, and a close relationship to the Ostropomycetidae (Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota). Insertion sequences were found in the nuSSU of all isolates [e.

[Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine samples of males and females by the strand displacement amplification (SDA) method].

Urine samples collected from 422 males and 53 females visiting a clinic in Kawasaki City who were suspected to have sexually transmitted infection were tested for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by BD ProbeTecET (SDA method). The detection rates of C. trachomatis by the SDA method and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method (control) were as high as 98.