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Product Format
freeze-dried
Shipping Information
Distributed: freeze-dried
Preceptrol®
no
Genotype
trp-
Type Strain
no
Comments
Mutation induced by freeze-drying
Mutation induced by heliotrine and monocrotaline
Mutation induced by the fungicide captan
Ultraviolet dose-mutation relationships
Medium
ATCC® Medium 3: Nutrient agar or nutrient broth
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 37.0°C
Name of Depositor
NCIMB
Chain of Custody
ATCC <<--NCIMB<<--M.H.L. Green <<--- E.M. Witkin
References
Bridges BA, et al. Repair-deficient bacterial strains suitable for mutagenicity screening: tests with the fungicide captain. Chem.-Biol. Interact. 5: 77-84, 1972. PubMed: 4557445
Hill RF. Dose-mutation relationships in ultraviolet-induced reversion from auxotrophy in Escherichia coli. J. Gen. Microbiol. 30: 281-287, 1963. PubMed: 13954544
Green MH, Muriel WJ. Use of repair-deficient strains of Escherichia coli and liver microsomes to detect and characterise DNA damage caused by pyrrolizidine alkaloids heliotrine and monocrotaline. Mutat. Res. 28: 331-336, 1975. PubMed: 1094279
Brusick DJ, et al. An evaluation of the Escherichia coli WP2 and WP2 uvrA reverse mutation assay. Mutat. Res. 76: 169-190, 1980. PubMed: 7005668
Ashwood-Smith MJ, Grant E. Mutation induction in bacteria by freeze-drying. Cryobiology 13: 206-213, 1976. PubMed: 776536
