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. 1986 Nov;132(11):3055-9.
doi: 10.1099/00221287-132-11-3055.

dam methylation in the archaebacteria

D Lodwick, H N Ross, J E Harris, J W Almond, W D Grant

dam methylation in the archaebacteria

D Lodwick et al. J Gen Microbiol. 1986 Nov.

Abstract

The DNA of certain species of halophilic and methanogenic archaebacteria is dam methylated, as shown by restriction endonuclease sensitivities. The Dam+ phenotype appears to be confined to particular taxonomic groupings defined by DNA:rRNA hybridization or 16S RNA oligonucleotide cataloguing.

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