GENOME SIZES OF MAMMALIAN AND AVIAN UREAPLASMAS

被引:7
作者
KAKULPHIMP, J
FINCH, LR
ROBERTSON, JA
机构
[1] UNIV ALBERTA,DEPT MED MICROBIOL & INFECT DIS,EDMONTON T6G 2E1,ALBERTA,CANADA
[2] UNIV MELBOURNE,RUSSELL GRIMWADE SCH BIOCHEM,PARKVILLE,VIC 3052,AUSTRALIA
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY | 1991年 / 41卷 / 02期
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10.1099/00207713-41-2-326
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The sizes of the genomes of 12 Ureaplasma strains isolated from six mammalian and one avian species, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, varied from 760 to 1,170 kilobase pairs (470 to 723 megadaltons); and these values encompassed the values for the genomes of Ureaplasma urealyticum strains. Variation of at least 54% in the genome sizes restricts the usefulness of this taxonomic criterion for the genus Ureaplasma.
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