Genome comparison reveals that Halobacterium salinarum 63‐R2 is the origin of the twin laboratory strains NRC‐1 and R1

Abstract The genome of Halobacterium strain 63‐R2 was recently reported and provides the opportunity to resolve long‐standing issues regarding the source of two widely used model strains of Halobacterium salinarum, NRC‐1 and R1. Strain 63‐R2 was isolated in 1934 from a salted buffalo hide (epithet “...

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Main Authors: Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Mike Dyall‐Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-06-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1365