in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) studies. This paper is concerned with rapid and reliable
methods of extracting mtDNA for sequence analysis for species or strain identification, and
epidemiological study of medically important fungi and fungal infections. To determine the
optimal method of mtDNA extraction without isolating mitochondria, we examined three
commonly used methods: 1) boiling, 2) glass bead disruption, and 3) a commercially …