CGSC Strain#: 6161
Strain Designation: LCB898      Source of Strain: Varenne et al.
Other Designations: CB898
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: thr-1, leuB6(Am), fhuA21, lacY1, glnX44(AS), λ^-, pflB1, rfbC1, rpsL175(strR), thiE1
Strain Comments:

• This strain was formerly called CB898.
• leuB6(Am)-- Suppressed by serU suppressor (supH)
• glnX44(AS)-- Mutation is a C to T transition at nucleotide 34 (3rd position of the anticodon)
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called su⁺_II
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called supE44
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called glnV44
• rfbC1 was formerly called rfbD1
• thiE1 was formerly called thi-1
• Am = amber(UAG) mutation
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor
• strR = streptomycin resist.

References:

• Varenne, S., F. Casse, M. Chippaux, M.C. Pascal 1975. A mutant of Escherichia coli deficient in pyruvate formate lyase. Mol.Gen.Genet. 141:51-60