简介：Inordertoanalyzethesequencesoftheinternaltranscribedspacer(ITS)includingthe5.8SribosomalDNA(rDNA)ofcommondermatophytes,soastoobtainarapidandaccuratemethodtoidentifythespeciesofdermatophytesandtoestablishthephylogenetictreeofthesespeciestounderstandtheirrelationship,16strainsofdermatophyteswerecollectedandpreliminarilyidentifiedbymorphologicalcharacteristics.GeneralprimersforfungiITS1andITS4wereusedtoamplifytheITSrDNAofeachstrainswithPCR.ThePCRproductsafterpurificationweresequenceddirectlyandwereanalyzedthroughinternet.Intheresults,11strainswereidentifiedbymeansofmorphologicalfeatures,amongwhich5strainswereTrichophyton,5strainswereMicrosporumand1wasEpidermaphyton,whichwasconsistentwiththeresultsbymolecularbiology.Inthe5unidentifiablestrains,1strainwasprovedtobeChrysosporiumbymolecularbiology.Thesestrainsstudiedcouldbedividedinto3differentclassesasindicatedintheanalysisofthephylogenetictreeofthesequencesinITS,whichwerequitedifferentfromthoseofmorphologicalclassification.ItisevidentfromtheaboveobservationsthatthemolecularmethodofanalysisontheITSsequencesisarapid,highlysensitiveandaccurateapproachforthedetectionofdematophytespecies,however,itstillexhibitssomelimitationsneedingthesupplementationwithmorphologicalidentification.