In article <tschmidt-3003950243480001 at schmidt.mph.msu.edu>, tschmidt at msu.edu (Tom Schmidt) writes:
>Variations in the copy number of rrn operons (encoding the ribosomal RNAs)
>in Bacteria and Archae, is one of the topics being considered in an
>article that I am writing. I have accumulated a number of examples from
>the literature documenting the variation from 1 to 10 copies, and would
>like to make the list as comprehensive as possible. Frequently,
>determination of rrn copy number is a sidelight of a study, and so not
>accessible through title or keyword searches. If you know of any studies
>where rrn copy number was determined, I would certainly appreciate you
>sending the name of the organism, the copy number and a reference. Kindly
>address replies to tschmidt at msu.edu. Thanks.
I am afraid I can't really help you with suggesting studies but I would be very
interested in reading your article when it is published. I am working on a
project in which we are using Ribotyping for identification of bacteria. Our
identification scheme depends on relative intensity of bands as well as
position.
Thanks,
A.J. McCardell
mccardaj at esvax.dupont.dnet.com
