CGSC Strain#: 8237
Strain Designation: MG1655(motile)      Source of Strain: J.E. Wertz
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: λ^-, rph-1
Strain Comments:

• This is an isolate of MG1655 (CGSC#6300) that has been selected and verified for motility for those people requesting a motile WT strain.
• rph-1-- is a 1 bp deletion that results in frameshift over last 15 codons and has polar effect on pyrE leading to suboptimal pyrimidine levels on minimal medium.(Jensen 1993 JBact.175:3401)

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