RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 IMAEDA, T. A1 BARKSDALE, L. A1 KIRCHHEIMER, W. F.YR 1982 T1 Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: Its Genome Size, Base Ratio, and Homology with Those of Other Mycobacteria JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 32 IS 4 SP 456 OP 458 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-456 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-32-4-456