The alignment of rDNA sequences among Madurella strains and Chaeromium rectangluare (negative control) is shown. Arrows illustrate the primers’ positions. The species name and the number of the first nucleotide are represented at each line using the abbreviations as followings: MM, M. mycetomatis (accession no. DQ836767.1); MP, M. pseudomycetomatis (accession no. EU815933.1); MT, M. tropicana (accession no. MK926825.1); MF, M. fahalii (accession no. JN573178.1); CR, Chaetomium rectangluare (NR_144817). The nucleotide alignment and illustration are performed using Genetyx Ver. 14 (Genetyx Co., Tokyo, Japan) with its default parameters.</p