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DNA Base Composition of Human T Strain Mycoplasmas

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THE T strain mycoplasmas constitute a unique group with some properties distinct from those of the classical mycoplasmas1,2. Recently it has become possible to separate seven serologically different strains within the group of the human T strains3. The subcommittee on the taxonomy of mycoplasmatales4 has not yet finished its discussion of the taxonomy of these mycoplasmas, but awaits further experimental data. Knowledge of the DNA base composition might be a valuable approach to a rational classification of these organisms, and we report here determinations of the base composition in the seven human T strains.

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BAK, A., BLACK, F. DNA Base Composition of Human T Strain Mycoplasmas. Nature 219, 1044–1045 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191044a0

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