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. 1972 Jul;10(1):150–152. doi: 10.1128/jvi.10.1.150-152.1972

Morphology and Nucleic Acid Composition of the Azotobacter Bacteriophages

James Knovicka 1, Leodocia Pope 1, Orville Wyss 1
PMCID: PMC356437  PMID: 5040383

Abstract

Long-tailed azotophages of two different serological groups have deoxyribonucleic acid species whose densities correspond to a molar percentage of guanine plus cytosine of 52 to 53. Similar measurements on the short-tailed phages gave values of 56 to 57 moles percent. The azotophages include representatives of the three morphological types classified by Bradley as groups A, B, and C.

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