CGSC Strain#: 2605
Strain Designation: F8/W3104      Source of Strain: Y. Hirota
Other Designations: HB13
Other Designations: AB2605
Sex: F' Episome/Plasmid: F8
   Plasmid Markers/Mutations:
Chromosomal Markers: galT12, λ^-
Strain Comments:

• galT12-- was called gal₄ in the Lederberg laboratory. It is the standard gal₄ ( galT12) HFT source.

References:

• Hirota, Y., P.H.A. Sneath 1961. F' and F mediated transduction in Escherichia coli K12. Jpn.J.Genet. 36:307-318
• Echols, H 1963. PROPERTIES OF F' STRAINS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI SUPERINFECTED WITH F-LACTOSE AND F-GALATOSE EPISOMES. J. Bacteriol. 85(2):262-8.
• Low, KB 1972. Escherichia coli K-12 F-prime factors, old and new. 36(4):587-607.