GC content of DNA of Campylobacter pylori and other species belonging or related to the genus Campylobacter

Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol. 1988 Sep-Oct;139(5):527-34. doi: 10.1016/0769-2609(88)90152-4.

Abstract

DNA of type strain Campylobacter pylori NCTC 11637 and 32 other strains of C. pylori recovered from gastric biopsy specimens was examined by thermal denaturation for its guanine-plus-cytosine (GC) content. The GC content of strain NCTC 11637 was 35.6 mol % (standard deviation (SD) 0.3), and the GC content of the 32 other C. pylori strains ranged from 34.1 to 37.5 mol % (average value 35.2, SD 1.0). A total of 14 type strains of other Campylobacter and Wolinella species were included in this study and the results obtained were compared with those cited in the literature.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Base Composition
  • Campylobacter / genetics*
  • Cytosine / analysis*
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Guanine / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Nucleic Acid Denaturation
  • Pyloric Antrum / microbiology
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Guanine
  • Cytosine