Escherichia coli K12 MC4100 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
mesophilic| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order Enterobacterales |
| Family Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus Escherichia |
| Species Escherichia coli |
| Full scientific name Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2735 | LB (Luria-Bertani) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 381) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: LB (Luria-Bertani) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 381) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l NaCl 10.0 g/l Tryptone 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2735 | positive | growth | 37 | mesophilic |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68368 | 27613 ChEBI | amygdalin | - | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 29016 ChEBI | arginine | - | hydrolysis | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 16947 ChEBI | citrate | - | assimilation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | + | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 5291 ChEBI | gelatin | - | hydrolysis | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | - | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 62345 ChEBI | L-rhamnose | + | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 25094 ChEBI | lysine | + | degradation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | - | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 17268 ChEBI | myo-inositol | - | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 18257 ChEBI | ornithine | - | degradation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 30911 ChEBI | sorbitol | + | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | - | fermentation | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 27897 ChEBI | tryptophan | + | energy source | from API 20E |
| 68368 | 16199 ChEBI | urea | - | hydrolysis | from API 20E |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68368 | arginine dihydrolase | - | 3.5.3.6 | from API 20E |
| 68368 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API 20E |
| 68368 | gelatinase | - | from API 20E | |
| 68368 | lysine decarboxylase | + | 4.1.1.18 | from API 20E |
| 68368 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | from API 20E |
| 68368 | tryptophan deaminase | - | 4.1.99.1 | from API 20E |
| 68368 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | from API 20E |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A novel class of small-molecule inhibitors targeting bacteriophage infection. | Plochl K, Bottcher T. | RSC Chem Biol | 10.1039/d5cb00120j | 2025 | ||
| Rationally Designed Pyrimidine Compounds: Promising Novel Antibiotics for the Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Bovine Mastitis. | Millette G, Lacasse E, Binette R, Belley V, Chaumont LP, Ster C, Beaudry F, Boyapelly K, Boudreault PL, Malouin F. | Antibiotics (Basel) | 10.3390/antibiotics12081344 | 2023 | ||
| Analysis of Metal-Organic Framework and Polyamide Interfaces in Membranes for Water Treatment and Antibacterial Applications. | Pilevar M, Jafarian H, Behzadnia N, Liang Q, Aghapour Aktij S, Thakur A, Gonzales AR, Arabi Shamsabadi A, Anasori B, Warsinger D, Rahimpour A, Sadrzadeh M, Elliott M, Dadashi Firouzjaei M. | Small Methods | 10.1002/smtd.202401566 | 2025 | ||
| New antibacterial-core structures based on styryl quinolinium. | Kim E, Lee SH, Lee SJ, Kwon OP, Yoon H. | Food Sci Biotechnol | 10.1007/s10068-017-0072-8 | 2017 | ||
| Metabolism | Novel riboswitch ligand analogs as selective inhibitors of guanine-related metabolic pathways. | Mulhbacher J, Brouillette E, Allard M, Fortier LC, Malouin F, Lafontaine DA. | PLoS Pathog | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000865 | 2010 | |
| Metabolism | Display of polyhistidine peptides on the Escherichia coli cell surface by using outer membrane protein C as an anchoring motif. | Xu Z, Lee SY. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.65.11.5142-5147.1999 | 1999 | |
| Phylogeny | New rapid and simple methods for detection of bacteria and determination of their antibiotic susceptibility by using phage mutants. | Ulitzur N, Ulitzur S. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.00761-06 | 2006 | |
| Metabolism | Fermentative utilization of glycerol by Escherichia coli and its implications for the production of fuels and chemicals. | Murarka A, Dharmadi Y, Yazdani SS, Gonzalez R. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02192-07 | 2008 | |
| Pathogenicity | Synergistic effects between conventional antibiotics and 2-aminoimidazole-derived antibiofilm agents. | Rogers SA, Huigens RW, Cavanagh J, Melander C. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.01418-09 | 2010 | |
| Enzymology | PCR assay based on DNA coding for 16S rRNA for detection and identification of mycobacteria in clinical samples. | Kox LF, van Leeuwen J, Knijper S, Jansen HM, Kolk AH. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.33.12.3225-3233.1995 | 1995 | |
| Antimicrobial activities of amphiphilic peptides covalently bonded to a water-insoluble resin. | Haynie SL, Crum GA, Doele BA. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.39.2.301 | 1995 | ||
| Enzymology | Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis. | Daly JS, Worthington MG, Brenner DJ, Moss CW, Hollis DG, Weyant RS, Steigerwalt AG, Weaver RE, Daneshvar MI, O'Connor SP. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.31.4.872-881.1993 | 1993 |
| #2735 | Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 6574 |
| #20215 | Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 ) |
| #68368 | Automatically annotated from API 20E . |
| #126262 | A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 ) |
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