Catalogue Centre de Ressources Biologiques de l'Institut Pasteur » CIP 53.126 - Escherichia coli
Bacteria
CIP
Bactéries
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

Aerobic
30
24 H
B
1953, NCIB <- ATCC <- I.C. Gunsalus, Cornell Univ., USA: strain Crookes
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.
J. Biol. Chem, 1941, 141, 853, doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)72757-9; Archiv der Pharmazie, 2011, 344(6), 402, pmid:21433056