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Adaptation and heterogeneity of Escherichia coli MC1000 growing in complex environments.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Puentes-Téllez Pilar Eliana, Hansen Martin Asser, Sørensen Søren Johannes, van Elsas Jan Dirk
Abstract excerpt
In a study aiming to assess bacterial evolution in complex growth media, we evaluated the long-term adaptive response of Escherichia coli MC1000 in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium. Seven parallel populations were founded and followed over 150 days in sequential batch cultures under three different oxygen conditions (defined environments), and 19 evolved forms were isolated. The emergence of forms with enhanced fitness...
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