Research Article

DNA Base Composition of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Determined by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

KUMURA, K., MINAMISHIMA, Y., YAMAMOTO, S., OHASHI, N., TAMURA, A.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 1991; 41(2):247 · https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-41-2-247

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Abstract

The DNA base composition of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was determined by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and compared with that of Rickettsia rickettsii. The G+C contents were 28.1 to 30.5 mol% for R. tsutsugamushi and 32.1 mol% for R. rickettsii.