isogenic strain

i·so·gen·ic strain

a strain of animals inbred for many generations and with high probability homozygous for certain specified genes.
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LIBS analysis also discriminated RN4220 from its transformed isogenic strain RN4220-fai1, which harbors pCL52.2::fai1 that encodes plasmid functions, harbors a unique fusidic acid inducible gene, and encodes tetracycline resistance.
Proof of principle for a real-time pathogen isolation media diagnostic: the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to discriminate bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains grown on blood agar
The change in the cost of plasmid carriage, [Delta]c, was measured by competition between a strain carrying the ancestral plasmid and an isogenic strain with an evolutionarily derived plasmid.
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Relationship between outer membrane alterations and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents in isogenic strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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Influence of iron deprivation on virulence traits of mycobacteria
In this study we determined if ginseng directly affected the bacterial expression of virulence factors using a set of appropriate isogenic strains containing a well-characterized mutation.
Panax ginseng has anti-infective activity against opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa by inhibiting quorum sensing, a bacterial communication process critical for establishing infection
To test for amber mutants, four isogenic strains of E.
ISOLATION OF PHAGE P1 REGULATORY MUTANTS
In vivo transfer of the satA gene between isogenic strains of Enterococcus faecium in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract.
Use of Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Food Animals and Enterococcus faecium Resistance to Therapeutic Antimicrobial Drugs in Europe
Two inversions (B and C) could be made isogenic from vials with parental genotypes AB x AC or AA x BC (each capital letter stands for a different chromosome arrangement), whereas isogenic strains for any of the four inversions could be obtained from vials with parental genotypes AB x CD.
Antagonistic pleiotropic effect of second-chromosome inversions on body size and early life-history traits in Drosophila buzzatii
The use of isogenic strains also eliminates the importance of recombination between competing strains during the experiment.
Amelioration of the deleterious pleiotropic effects of an adaptive mutation in Bacillus subtilis
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