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Genotype and phenotypes of an intestine-adapted Escherichia coli K-12 mutant selected by animal passage for superior colonization.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2011
Fabich Andrew J, Leatham Mary P, Grissom Joe E, Wiley Graham, Lai Hongshing, Najar Fares, Roe Bruce A, Cohen Paul S, Conway Tyrrell
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We previously isolated a spontaneous mutant of Escherichia coli K-12, strain MG1655, following passage through the streptomycin-treated mouse intestine, that has colonization traits superior to the wild-type parent strain (M. P. Leatham et al., Infect. Immun. 73:8039-8049, 2005). This intestine-adapted strain (E. coli MG1655*) grew faster on several different carbon sources than the wild type and was nonmotile...
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