CGSC Strain#: 4002
Strain Designation: AB4002      Source of Strain: M.G. Marinus
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: thr-1, leuB6(Am), rfbC1, thyA6, thiE1, dnaB500(ts), deoC1
Strain Comments:

• leuB6(Am)-- Suppressed by serU suppressor (supH)
• thyA6-- : Even with Luria or other complete media, supplement with thymine.
• thyA6-- 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.
• dnaB500(ts) was formerly called tsm-1
• rfbC1 was formerly called rfbD1
• thiE1 was formerly called thi-1
• Am = amber(UAG) mutation
• ts = Temperature Sensitive

References:

• Marinus, MG, EA Adelberg 1970. Vegetative Replication and Transfer Replication of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Temperature-Sensitive Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12. 104(3):1266-1272.