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Strain AB2847

• CGSC#: 2847
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  AB2847	Pittard A.J.	1

  
  
• Sex(Hfr,F+,F-,or F'): ?
• 5 Mutations:

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  tsx-354	9.28	1	tsx-354
  glnV42(AS)	14.99	1	glnV42(AS)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  aroB351	75.77	1	aroB351
  malT354(LamR)	76.54	1	malT354(λR)

  
  
• Comments:
  • The strain was originally F⁺, but may no longer be so.
  • This is a T₆^R derivative of R. Somerville's strain #10-1. It can be grown on Phe, Tyr, Trp plus shikimic acid 10^-6M.
• References:
  • Pittard, J, BJ Wallace 1966. Distribution and function of genes concerned with aromatic biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 91(4):1494-508.
  • Huang, M, J Pittard 1967. Genetic analysis of mutant strains of Escherichia coli requiring p-aminobenzoic acid for growth. J. Bacteriol. 93(6):1938-42.
  
  

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