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Table 1 Escherichia coli strains used in this study

From: Selection and evolution of mating products after spontaneous zygogenesis in Escherichia coli K-12

Strain

Pertinent genotypea

Conjugational phenotype

Source or derivation

W1S

thr leu

F−

P. Fredericq

1485/Nx

trpA,B his nalA

F−

Gratia 2005

GMS343

lacY galK aroD argG rpsL mtl

F−

CGSC-5496 (G. Novel)

JC5519

thr leu proA galK his argG recBC rpsL

F−

CGSC-5114 (A. Clark)

KL262

galK pyrD trpC tyrA recA thyA

F−

CGSC-4322 (B. Low)

MG352

lac galK rpsL metB

Szp+

Gratia 1994

MG355

argG rpsL

F−

Gratia 1994

MG392

trpA,B, nalA

Szp+

Gratia 2005

IL1

thr leuB proA lacY galK hisG rpsL argE [lacO array aphII]

F−

Gratia 2014 (gift of C. Possoz)

IL4

thr leuB proA lacY galK hisG rpsL argE [tetO array aac2]

F−

Gratia 2014 (gift of C. Possoz)

MG405

thr leuB proA lacY galK hisG rpsL argE [lacO array aphII]

Szp+

Gratia 2014

MG406

thr leuB proA lacY galK hisG rpsL argE [tetO array aac2]

Szp+

Gratia 2014

MG407

galK trp pyrD tyrA [tetO array aac2]

Szp+

See Materials and methods

MG409

trpA,B his nalA [lacO array aphII]

F− like

Gratia 2014

  1. aOnly mutations that are considered in the present experiments are indicated