CGSC Strain#: 3455
Strain Designation: RC709      Source of Strain: R. Clowes
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: proB22, metF63
Strain Comments:

• This is an F^- derivative of B. Davis strain J5-3, cured by acridine orange.

References:

• Glansdorff, N. 1965. Topography of cotransducible arginine mutations in Escherichia coli K-12. Genetics 51:167-179
• Meynell, E., N. Datta 1966. The relation of resistance transfer factors to the F-factor (sex-factor) of Escherichia coli K-12. Genet.Res. 7:134-140