Taxonomy of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains.

doi:10.1099/00207713-40-1-92

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Taxonomy of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains.

International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jan 1990

Fritze D, Flossdorf J, Claus D

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The DNA base compositions of 78 alkaliphilic Bacillus strains were determined. These strains were grouped as follows: DNA group A, guanine-plus-cytosine (G+C) content of 34.0 to 37.5 mol% (17 strains); DNA group B, G+C content of 38.2 to 40.8 mol% (33 strains); and DNA group C, G+C content of 42....

Topics

Bacillus
DNA, Bacterial
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype
Species Specificity

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