Genome sizes of mammalian and avian Ureaplasmas |
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| Authors: | J Kakulphimp L R Finch J A Robertson |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | The sizes of the genomes of 12 Ureaplasma strains isolated from six mammalian and one avian species, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, varied from 760 to 1,170 kilobase pairs (470 to 723 megadaltons); and these values encompassed the values for the genomes of Ureaplasma urealyticum strains. Variation of at least 54% in the genome sizes restricts the usefulness of this taxonomic criterion for the genus Ureaplasma. |
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