CGSC Strain#: 7019
Strain Designation: JS54      Source of Strain: J.P. Bouche'
Sex: F+ Chromosomal Markers: leu-0, λ^-, ΔtrpE63, dicA1, dicB2::Tn5, thyA0, deoC999 or deoB998, φ80immLAM,ind
Strain Comments:

• thyA0-- 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.
• ΔtrpE63 was formerly called DE(trpE5)
• = kanamycin resistant

References:

• Bejar, S., J.P. Bouche' 1985. A new dispensable genetic locus of the terminus region involved in control of cell division in Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 201:146-150