Utilizes a wide range of carbon sources including sucrose, and can degrade many aromatic compounds.
Particularly fast-growing strain that was originally isolated and deposited at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) by S. A. Waksman.
Turner PC, Yomano LP, Jarboe LR, York SW, Baggett CL, Moritz BE, Zentz EB, Shanmugam KT, Ingram LO
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Optical mapping and sequencing of the Escherichia coli KO11 genome reveal extensive chromosomal rearrangements, and multiple tandem copies of the Zymomonas mobilis pdc and adhB genes.