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. 1971 Jul;107(1):382–384. doi: 10.1128/jb.107.1.382-384.1971

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hybridization Among Strains of Lactobacilli1

Josephine Simonds a,2, P Arne Hansen a, Sitarama Lakshmanan a
PMCID: PMC246930  PMID: 4935327

Abstract

Hybridization of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from Lactobacillus bulgaricus (ATCC 11842) with DNA of L. lactis (ATCC 12315), L. helveticus (ATCC 15009), and L. jugurt (ATCC 521) showed 86.0% reassociation with L. lactis, 4.8% with L. helveticus, and none with L. jugurt.

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