Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library construction is underway for D. persimilis with a goal toward genome sequence finishing, genome assembly and comparative genomic studies. Construction and
Escherichia coli strain K-12 substrain DH10B. This strain is a substrain of K-12. It was derived from DH10 (which was derived from MC1061 which in turn was derived from M182). It is a common laborator