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Genome size of Mycoplasma genitalium
1Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7758.
Journal of Bacteriology
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
The genome size of Mycoplasma genitalium was determined by using restriction enzymes that infrequently cut its DNA. The calculated value of 577 to 590 kilobases is one-fourth smaller than the genome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is considered among the smallest genomes of self-replicating organisms.