CGSC Strain#: 5898
Strain Designation: S\O103      Source of Strain: K. Hammer-Jespersen
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: relA1, thyA144, rpsL254(strR), metB1, deoC4
Strain Comments:

• thyA144-- Strains with this marker must have their medium supplemented with thymine (25ug/ml). This is true even for rich medium such as LB. Otherwise thymine starvation can lead to thymineless death.
• strR = streptomycin resist.

References:

• Munch-Petersen, A., P. Nygaard, K. Hammer-Jespersen, N. Fiil 1972. Mutants constitutive for nucleoside-catabolizing enzymes in Escherichia coli K12. Eur.J.Biochem. 27:208-215