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. 1971 Jul;107(1):368–370. doi: 10.1128/jb.107.1.368-370.1971

Base Composition of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Isolated from Athiorhodaceae

Marvin Silver 1, Solomon Friedman 1, Roger Guay 1, Jaque Couture 1, Robert Tanguay 1
PMCID: PMC246925  PMID: 5563872

Abstract

Guanine plus cytosine content of deoxyribonucleic acid ranged from 60.5 to 65.0% for five Rhodospirillum species and from 64.4 to 70.3% for six Rhodopseudomonas species. These values were compared to those of two Hyphomicrobiaceae and two hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria.

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