Base Composition

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The relative amounts of the PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in a nucleic acid.

Descriptor ID	D001482
MeSH Number(s)	G02.111.080
Concept/Terms	Base Composition Base Composition Base Compositions Composition, Base Compositions, Base G+C Composition G+C Composition Composition, G+C Compositions, G+C G+C Compositions Guanine + Cytosine Content GC Content Content, GC Contents, GC GC Contents Guanine + Cytosine Composition G+C Content Content, G+C Contents, G+C G+C Contents GC Composition Composition, GC Compositions, GC GC Compositions Base Ratio Base Ratio Base Ratios Ratio, Base Ratios, Base

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Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Base Composition [G02.111.080]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1996	3	3
1997	2	2
2002	2	2
2004	5	5
2006	3	3
2008	1	1
2011	1	1
2012	1	1
2015	1	1
2018	1	1
2023	1	1
2025	1	1

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El Houari A, Carpenter M, Chaplin D, Golyshin P, McDonald JE. Taxonomic description and genome sequence of Anaerorudis cellulosivorans gen. Nov. sp. nov., a novel cellulose- and Xylan-degrading bacterium of the Bacteroidota phylum isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting municipal solid waste. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2025 Mar; 48(2):126590.

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El Houari A, Carpenter M, Chaplin D, Golyshin P, McDonald JE. Lutispora saccharofermentans sp. nov., a mesophilic, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting anaerobic sludge, and emendation of the genus Lutispora to include species which are non-spore-forming and mesophilic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2023 Feb; 73(1).

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Yang H, Zhang JE, Xia J, Yang J, Guo J, Deng Z, Luo M. Comparative Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of the Three Apple Snails (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) and the Phylogenetic Analyses. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Nov 19; 19(11).

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Li N, Chen H, Williams HN. Genome-wide comparative analysis of ABC systems in the Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms. Gene. 2015 May 10; 562(1):132-7.

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Sharma MK, Sharma R, Cao P, Jenkins J, Bartley LE, Qualls M, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Rokhsar D, Ronald PC. A genome-wide survey of switchgrass genome structure and organization. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e33892.

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Birdsell DN, Pearson T, Price EP, Hornstra HM, Nera RD, Stone N, Gruendike J, Kaufman EL, Pettus AH, Hurbon AN, Buchhagen JL, Harms NJ, Chanturia G, Gyuranecz M, Wagner DM, Keim PS. Melt analysis of mismatch amplification mutation assays (Melt-MAMA): a functional study of a cost-effective SNP genotyping assay in bacterial models. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e32866.

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Coyne RS, Hannick L, Shanmugam D, Hostetler JB, Brami D, Joardar VS, Johnson J, Radune D, Singh I, Badger JH, Kumar U, Saier M, Wang Y, Cai H, Gu J, Mather MW, Vaidya AB, Wilkes DE, Rajagopalan V, Asai DJ, Pearson CG, Findly RC, Dickerson HW, Wu M, Martens C, Van de Peer Y, Roos DS, Cassidy-Hanley DM, Clark TG. Comparative genomics of the pathogenic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, its free-living relatives and a host species provide insights into adoption of a parasitic lifestyle and prospects for disease control. Genome Biol. 2011 Oct 17; 12(10):R100.

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Campbell S, Harada RM, Li QX. Chryseobacterium arothri sp. nov., isolated from the kidneys of a pufferfish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2008 Jan; 58(Pt 1):290-3.

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Sokolova T, Hanel J, Onyenwoke RU, Reysenbach AL, Banta A, Geyer R, Gonz?lez JM, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Novel chemolithotrophic, thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria Thermolithobacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thermolithobacter carboxydivorans sp. nov. Extremophiles. 2007 Jan; 11(1):145-57.

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Harada RM, Campbell S, Li QX. Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2006 May; 56(Pt 5):1103-1107.

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