CGSC Strain#: 12125
Strain Designation: C-1794      Source of Strain: M.G. Sunshine
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: P2, tyrT66(AS), Δ(tonB-trp), his-, rpsL-(strR), arg-
Strain Comments:

• Indicator strain for phages P4 and phiR73 (is lysogenic for P2)
• This is an E. coli C strain, not a K-12 strain.
• P2-- A P2 lysogen in an undetermined attachment site
• tyrT66(AS) was formerly called su⁺_III
• tyrT66(AS) was formerly called supF66
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor
• strR = streptomycin resist.

References:

• Gibbs, W, RN Goldstein, R Wiener, B Lindqvist, R Calendar 1973. Satellite bacteriophage P4: characterization of mutants in two essential genes. Virology 53(1):24-39.