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Genome complexity of methanogenic bacteria.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 158 ·No. 2 ·1984-05-00 ·Pages 628-31

Klein A, Schnorr M

Abstract

The genome complexities of different methanogenic bacteria were investigated by using an optical method to study renaturation kinetics of single-stranded DNA. The observed genome sizes ranged from 1.0 X 10(9) to 1.8 X 10(9) daltons, which is a typical range for procaryotic cells. Melting profiles of the DNA of three methanogenic species from different families show fractions which have a higher A . T content than the average DNA of that species.

MeSH Terms
Adenine/analysis Base Composition Base Sequence Cytosine/analysis DNA, Bacterial/analysis,genetics Euryarchaeota/genetics Genes, Bacterial Guanine/analysis Nucleic Acid Denaturation Nucleic Acid Renaturation Species Specificity Thymine/analysis
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial Guanine Cytosine Adenine Thymine
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Klein A
Schnorr M
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.158.2.628-631.1984
Published
1984-05-00
Pages
628-31
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC215475
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.158.2.628-631.1984 PMC Full Text View journal details
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