title: Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization studies on Flavobacterium meningosepticum.
abstract: Seventeen flavobacteria, including 12 strains of Flavobacterium meningosepticum, were investigated to determine their genetic relationships by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-DNA hybridization and guanine plus cytosine content. The percentage of binding among the strains tested ranged from 6 to 87%. There was no correlation between the serotype and DNA-duplex formation. The guanine plux cytosine content of the representative strains of the five serotypes ranged from 31 to 50%.
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001483:Base Sequence; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002586:Cesium; D003596:Cytosine / Q000032:analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006147:Guanine / Q000032:analysis; D008837:Micrococcus; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009695:Nucleic Acid Renaturation; D011513:Proteus mirabilis; D012703:Serotyping; D013395:Sucrose; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002586:Cesium; D013395:Sucrose; D006147:Guanine; D003596:Cytosine; D000362:Agar