Comment |
Colonizes the lower gut of animals, and, as a facultative anaerobe.
Maintained as a laboratory strain with minimal genetic manipulation, having only been cured of the temperate bacteriophage lambda and F plasmid by ultraviolet light and acridine orange, respectively.
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Authors |
Blattner FR, Plunkett G 3rd, Bloch CA, Perna NT, Burland V, Riley M, Collado-Vides J, Glasner JD, Rode CK, Mayhew GF, et al. |