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Stock IDSD01231
Strain NameIA383
AKAmpD-2 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionmpD-2/mpD-2 (mpD-2; II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestMPD (membranellar pattern D)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following second-generation outcross to B1975 III of a clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1986 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsNone
CommentsFormation of four or five well-formed membranelles in the oral apparatus at 39-40 degrees. Allelic to and phenotypically nearly identical to IA305 (mpD-1). Detailed phenotypic analysis was carried out on a different mpD-2/mpD-2 clone.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01231
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45