| T number | T00007 |
| Org code | eco |
| Aliases | ECOLI, 511145 |
| Full name | Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 |
| Definition | Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 |
| Annotation | manual |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 511145 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_000005845.2)
BioProject: 57779 |
| Original DB | Wisconsin, Pasteur, RegulonDB, EcoGene, ECOCYC |
| 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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| Chromosome | Circular |
| Sequence | RS: NC_000913 (GB: U00096) |
| Length | 4641652 |
| Statistics | Number of nucleotides: 4641652
Number of protein genes: 4140
Number of RNA genes: 178
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| Reference | PMID: 9278503 |
| Authors | Blattner FR et al. |
| Title | The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12. |
| Journal | Science 277:1453-62 (1997)
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5331.1453 |
Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655