title: Synonymy of strains of Center for Disease Control group DF-1 with species of Capnocytophaga.
abstract: Of eight strains of Center for Disease Control group DF-1 examined, seven had 62 to 87% deoxyribonucleic acid homology with the neotype strain of Capnocytophaga ochracea and one had 72% deoxyribonucleic acid homology with the type strain of C. gingivalis. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology of four strains of Bacteroides ochraceus with the neotype strain of C. ochrecea was 76 to 86%.
mesh_terms: D001439:Bacteroides / Q000145:classification; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000145:classification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial