Deoxyribonucleic Acid Base Composition of Dermatophilus congolensis and Geodermatophilus obscurus
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (1) , 22-25
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-27-1-22
Abstract
The base compositions of the DNAs extracted from 4 representative strains of D. congolensis and 6 of G. obscurus, which are described in the literature as belonging to the family Dermatophilaceae (Actinomycetales), were determined. The range of guanine plus cytosine contents (G+C) of their DNAs was 57.4-58.7 mol% for D. congolensis and 72.9-74.6 mol% for G. obscurus. This difference in DNA base composition is considered great enough to suggest a substantial genetic heterology between the 2 groups of organisms.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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