TABLE 3.

DNA content per nucleoid of uninucleoid and binucleoid cells as determined by RNase plus berberine treatment for four of six size groups of E. fishelsoni^a

Group	DNA content per nucleoid of uninucleoid cells	Size of nucleoid measuredb	DNA content per nucleoid of binucleoid cells	Binucleoid total DNA	L/S ratioc	Bi.total/uni. ratioc
I	20.3 (0.8)	Large	10.4 (0.3)	18.4 (0.4)	1.3 (0.05)	0.96
		Small	8.0 (0.2)
III	70.4 (2.1)	Large	43.8 (0.7)	81.6 (1.4)	1.2 (0.02)	1.19
		Small	37.9 (0.7)
V	272.6 (3.9)	Large	145.6 (1.0)	282.4 (1.3)	1.1 (0.01)	1.04
		Small	136.8 (0.8)
VI	551.8 (11.0)	Large	298.2 (2.5)	564.3 (4.2)	1.1 (0.01)	1.04
		Small	266.2 (2.8)

^a Forty uninucleoid and 40 binucleoid cells of each size group were examined. Binucleoid total DNA is the mean sum of DNA content of large and small binucleoid cells. The L/S ratio is the ratio of DNA content of large binucleoid cells/DNA content of small binucleoid cells. The Bi.total/uni. ratio is the ratio of binucleoid total DNA/uninucleoid cell DNA content. Values are means (standard errors). DNA content is given in arbitrary units. 

^b Differences between means of small and large nucleoids were significant at <0.001 level for all size groups (paired-sample t test). 

^c Ratios were not significantly different from 1.0; chi-square test, χ²_0.05[39] = 54.6 (for L/S ratios) or χ²_0.05[3] = 7.8 (for Bi.total/uni.ratios).