%0 Journal Article %A Bradley, S. G. %T Interspecific genetic homology in the actinomycetes %D 1965 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 15 %N 4 %P 239-242 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-15-4-239 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY It is proposed that similarity between genetic determinants is the most appropriate criterion for setting up a microbial classification. Genetic homology between organisms can be discovered by biological tests for hybridization, or by physicohemical tests for renaturation between single-stranded DNA's of diverse origin. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-15-4-239