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Evolution of Escherichia coli to 42 °C and subsequent genetic engineering reveals adaptive mechanisms and novel mutations.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2014
Sandberg Troy E, Pedersen Margit, LaCroix Ryan A, Ebrahim Ali, Bonde Mads, Herrgard Markus J, Palsson Bernhard O, Sommer Morten, Feist Adam M
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Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) has emerged as a valuable method by which to investigate microbial adaptation to a desired environment. Here, we performed ALE to 42 °C of ten parallel populations of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 grown in glucose minimal media. Tightly controlled experimental conditions allowed selection based on exponential-phase growth rate, yielding strains that uniformly converged toward a...
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