CRBIP-Catalogue

Strain : CIP 53.126 - Escherichia coli

Identifier in the collection :

CIP 53.126

Taxonomic name :

Escherichia coli

Other collection numbers :

ATCC 8739;DSM 1576;NCDO 904;NCTC 12923;NCIMB 8545;LMG 8063;CCM 4517;WDCM 00012;CECT 516;IFO 3972; NBRC 3972; CMCC (B) 44102

Collection :

CIP

Type of microorganism :

Bacteria

Geographical origin :

Unknown

Temperature :

30 °C

Atmosphere of incubation :

Aerobic

Bibliography :

J. Biol. Chem, 1941, 141, 853, doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)72757-9; Archiv der Pharmazie, 2011, 344(6), 402, pmid:21433056

History :

1953, NCIB <- ATCC <- I.C. Gunsalus, Cornell Univ., USA: strain Crookes

Isolated from :

Feces

Properties :

Also known as Crooks strain or Gunsalus strain for being able to reduce dehydroascorbic acid. Used in both American Pharmacopeia and European Pharmacopoeias. Quality control strain for testing the efficiency of antimicrobial agents. It has an insertion element within ompC, and thus only expresses ompF as the major outer membrane porin. Its complete genome sequence (CP000956) is available.

Packaging :

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