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Strain 58-161, F-,SR

• CGSC#: 4400
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  58-161, F-,SR	Hayes W.	1
  EMG1	Clowes & Hayes	2
  RC502		2
  F-Row		3
  K12-Row		3
  Row		4
  CL142		4

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  relA1	62.71	1	relA1
  rpsL100(strR)	74.84	1	rpsL100(strR)
  spoT1	82.34	1	spoT1
  metB1	88.94	1	metB1
  creC510	99.89	1	creC510

  
  
• Comments:
  • Called F-Row by Fredericq because he got it from Rowley.
  • Same as the strain CL142, of Ozeki et al. (1959) and Lewis & Stocker (1965)
  • This strain is often used as a colicin sensitive indicator strain
• References:
  • Hayes, W. 1953. Observations on a transmissible agent determining sexual differentiation in Bacterium coli. J.Gen.Microbiol. 8:72-88
  • Clowes, R., W. Hayes 1968. Experiments in microbial genetics
  
  

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