Table 3

Archival strain utilization of carbon substrates on PM1 plates

Substrate
# of archival strains (of 21) that catabolized the given substrate

Lactulose
0
D-Threonine
4
Glycolic Acid
1
D-Cellobiose
7
Acetoacetic Acid
2
D-Malic Acid
1
L-Galactonic Acid-γ-Lactone
0
Phenylethylamine
2
2-Aminoethanol
5

Sequenced strain 2004 did not catabolize these 9 substrates. The number of archival strains that exhibited a positive phenotype for these substrates is shown in the second column.

Tracy et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2002 2:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-2-14