CGSC Strain#: 2847
Strain Designation: AB2847      Source of Strain: A.J. Pittard
Sex: ? Chromosomal Markers: tsx-354, glnV42(AS), λ^-, aroB351, malT354(λ^R)
Strain Comments:

• The strain was originally F⁺, but may no longer be so.
• This is a T₆^R derivative of R. Somerville's strain #10-1. It can be grown on Phe, Tyr, Trp plus shikimic acid 10^-6M.
• glnV42(AS) was formerly called supE42
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor
• LamR = Lambda-resistant

References:

• Pittard, J, BJ Wallace 1966. Distribution and function of genes concerned with aromatic biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 91(4):1494-508.
• Huang, M, J Pittard 1967. Genetic analysis of mutant strains of Escherichia coli requiring p-aminobenzoic acid for growth. J. Bacteriol. 93(6):1938-42.