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-**strain**        | ?
-**synonyms**      | ?
-**parents**       | ?
-**obtained from** | ?
+**strain**        | BW25113
+**synonyms**      | None
+**parents**       | None
+**obtained from** | Lab collection
 **owner**         | jtl
 
 ### Genotype
 
-TODO
+lacIq rrnBT14 ΔlacZWJ16 hsdR514 ΔaraBADAH33 ΔrhaBADLD78
 
 ### Phenotype
 
-TODO
+None
 
 ### Comments
 
-TODO
+This is the wild-type strain used for E.coli experiments in this work.
 
 ### References
 
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+- https://www.pnas.org/content/97/12/6640
+- https://cgsc.biology.yale.edu/Strain.php?ID=64667