Capillary electrophoresis.

While capillary electrophoresis, or historically related techniques, have been used for over a century, and recognition of the value of this separation methodology has certainly grown rapidly in the past few years, the technique has generally been used by analytical chemists, particularly in Europe and Japan, and small groups of researchers in the United States. Many of the basic instrumentation problems have been solved only relatively recently, and researchers using capillary electrophoresis are now turning their attention to studying specific applications which demonstrate the potential versatility of this electrophoretic technique. The appearance of standardized commercial instrumentation is imminent. With the availability of such technology, capillary electrophoresis will no longer be an academic curiosity, but rather a tool with the potential for routine separations of diverse samples of interest to analyst, researcher, and clinician.

DNA base composition, nature of intracellular DNA, morphology, and classification of bacteriophages infecting Micrococcus luteus.

Ten bacteriophages infecting Micrococcus luteus have been characterized. All phages contain double-stranded DNA, of 64.3--73.5 mol% guanine plus cytosine (GC). The DNA of phage N7 has the highest GC content reported for any bacterial virus. No unusual bases have been found. The intracellular replicating DNAs of six phages are covalently closed circular molecules. All 10 phages have isometric, probably icosahedral, heads and long, flexible, noncontractile tails and can be sorted into two morphological groups based on size and presence or absence of a collar. Host-range studies indicate six host-range groups.