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Strain CS-3

• CGSC#: 903
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  CS-3	Spotts C.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  rpsL39(StrD)	74.84	1	rpsL39(StrD)
  malT1(LamR)	76.54	1	malT1(λR)
  thiE1	90.34	1	thiE1
  pur-33	1000.00	1	pur-33

  
  
• Comments:
  • CS-3 is a pur^- derivative of strain CS-1, described in the paper cited below. Strains CS-1 and CS-2 have both been lost.
• References:
  • SPOTTS, CR 1962. Physiological and biochemical studies on streptomycin dependence in Escherichia coli. J. Gen. Microbiol. 28:347-65.
  
  

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