@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-32-4-456, author = "IMAEDA, T. and BARKSDALE, L. and KIRCHHEIMER, W. F.", title = "Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: Its Genome Size, Base Ratio, and Homology with Those of Other Mycobacteria", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1982", volume = "32", number = "4", pages = "456-458", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-456", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-32-4-456", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Deoxyribonucleic acid of Mycobacterium lepraemurium grown in mice was isolated and analyzed spectrophotometrically. The genome molecular weight and guanine-plus-cytosine content of this M. lepraemurium deoxyribonucleic acid were 1.8 × 109 and 65.5 mol%, respectively. Among selected strains of mycobacterial species, four strains of Mycobacterium avium showed the highest degree of deoxyribonucleic acid homology (74.2 to 92.9%) with M. lepraemurium, suggesting a close genetic relatedness.", }