@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-25-3-286, author = "Searcy, Dennis G. and Doyle, Elaine Kubota.", title = "Characterization of Thermoplasma acidophilum Deoxyribonucleic Acid", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1975", volume = "25", number = "3", pages = "286-289", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-25-3-286", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-25-3-286", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of the mycoplasma Thermoplasma acidophilum has a base composition of 46 mol% guanine plus cytosine (G+C). Depurination can occur to the DNA in the culture conditions, giving rise to a product of lower buoyant density. This effect probably accounts for earlier descriptions of a much lower G+C content in the DNA. The size of the T. acidophilum genome, as measured by DNA renaturation, was 30% the size of the Escherichia coli genome.", }