NCCB gene libraries

The Netherlands Culture Collection of Bacteria includes three gene-libraries of Escherichia coli. The strains/lysates of these gene-libraries have not been checked, the Phabagen collection takes no responsibility for possible deviations from the original descriptions.

References of the libraries

Clarke and Carbon-bank

Clarke, L. and Carbon, J., A colony bank containing ColE1 hybrid plasmids, representative of the entire Escherichia coli genome, Cell 9 (1976) pp. 91-99

Kohara-bank

Kohara, Y. et al., The physical map of the whole E. coli chromosome: application of a new strategy for rapid analysis and sorting of a large genomic library, Cell 50 (1987) pp. 495-508

Gross-bank

Singer, M. et al., A collection of strains containing genetically linked alternating antibiotic resistance elements for genetic mapping of Escherichia coli, Microbiol. Rev. 53 (1989) pp. 1-24

NB: this last bank is included in the mutants database.