SIMILARITY IN BASE COMPOSITIONS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEATES FROM SEVERAL STRAINS OF BACILLUS CEREUS AND BACILLUS ANTHRACIS.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 85 ·1963-05-00 ·Pages 1071-3

MCDONALD WC, FELKNER IC, TURETSKY A, MATNEY TS

Abstract

McDonald, William C. (U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Frederick, Md.), Ira C. Felkner, Abraham Turetsky, and Thomas S. Matney. Similarity in base compositions of deoxyribonucleates from several strains of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis. J. Bacteriol. 85:1071-1073. 1963.-Studies were made on the base compositions of the deoxyribonucleates of a number of Bacillus species. Species homogeneity was quite evident from these studies since, with only one exception, several strains of the same species showed identical base compositions. It was found that the melting temperatures and corresponding percentages of guanine plus cytosine were quite similar in several strains of B. cereus and B. anthracis. These aspects are discussed as related to their possible genetic homology.

Keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS BACILLUS CEREUS CYTOSINE DNA BACTERIAL EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY GENETICS GUANINE METABOLISM

MeSH Terms

Bacillus Bacillus anthracis Bacillus cereus Base Composition Cytosine DNA DNA, Bacterial Genetics Guanine Metabolism Research

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial Guanine Cytosine DNA

Authors & Affiliations

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MCDONALD W C

FELKNER I C

TURETSKY A

MATNEY T S

References (5)

5 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.85.5.1071-1073.1963

Published

1963-05-00

Pages

1071-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC278286

Subset

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