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The vectors were introduced into an E. coli strain (C600ThyA::Kan R) that lacked a functional thymidylate synthase gene and that was a thymidine auxotroph.
Likewise, C. pneumoniae, but not C. psittaci, has been described as a tryptophan auxotroph.