organism: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
description: This ∆tdk strain was derived by Martents et al. 2008 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2008.09.007). Which in turn was derived from strain VPI-5482 from the VPI Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg, VA collection. Originally isolated at Hygiene Institute der Universitat, Venusberg, West Germany at or around 1933. Parent strain also known as strain number E50, ATCC 29148, NCTC 10582. In Shoemaker NB et al. 2001 (https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.2.561-568.2001) this strain was identified as a community sample collected during the Pre 1970s.