title: An assessment of taxonomic congruence between DNA-DNA hybridization and pyrolysis gas-liquid chromatographic classifications.
abstract: The existence of subgroups within Bacillus megaterium has been reported previously on the basis of DNA-DNA hybridization and DNA base composition studies. In this study the strains used to define these subgroups have been reanalysed by pyrolysis gas-liquid chromatography. The resultant two-group classification of the test strains was directly comparable with that obtained from the previous nucleic acid analyses at the between-group level. However, comparisons of the test strains at the within-group level proved less successful.
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000145:classification*; D001482:Base Composition; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000145:classification*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial