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J Bacteriol. 1969 June; 98(3): 1400-1401
Copyright © 1969 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Estimate of the Genome Size of Various Microorganisms1

David T. Kingsbury2

a Department of Microbiology, Naval Medical Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

ABSTRACT

Bacterial genome sizes, determined by deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation kinetics, vary over a 10-fold range. The smallest studied, Chlamydia trachomatis, had a genome of 6 x 105 nucleotide pairs compared to 4.5 x 106 for Escherichia coli.

FOOTNOTES

2 Present address: Department of Biology, University of California (San Diego), La Jolla, Calif. 92037.

1 From the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Research Task M4305.01.1008.

J Bacteriol. 1969 June; 98(3): 1400-1401
Copyright © 1969 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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