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DNA base composition of extremely halophilic cocci

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The percentage guanine+cytosine (GC) content of the DNA of 9 extremely halophilic cocci were determined from melting temperature (T m) and the E 260/E 280 ratio at pH 3. The values found ranged from 60.5–65.8, with an average 62.6% GC.

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  1. Czechoslovak Collection of Microorganisms, University J. E. Purkyně, Brno, Czechslovakia

    M. Kocur & J. Boháček

  2. Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Brno, Czechoslovakia

    M. Kocur & J. Boháček

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Kocur, M., Boháček, J. DNA base composition of extremely halophilic cocci. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 82, 280–282 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412199

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