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THE nucleotide composition of bacterial DNA varies widely from species to species and the G + C moles per cent particularly range from 30 to 70. Instead, the G + C moles per cent of sRNA seem to remain at about 60–62 per cent in almost all species examined. A few results were available for species with high G + C DNA content; thus, in order to explore this range in other bacterial species, we have examined the nucleotide composition of the sRNA of Streptomyces fradiae PSA 156 (DNA G + C content of this strain is 72.4 from buoyant density and 78.5 from temperature of denaturation midpoint determination)1.
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TRENTALANCE, A., AMALDI, F. Nucleotide Composition of Soluble Ribonucleic Acid of Streptomyces fradiae. Nature 206, 530–531 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206530b0
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