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Escherichia coli (OP50)
Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain OP50 is a commonly used laboratory strain of E. coli, OP50 has been widely used as a food source for nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Escherichia coli (OP50) is a laboratory strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli, which is commonly used as a model organism in microbiology research. It is a non-pathogenic strain, meaning that it does not cause disease in humans or animals, and it is commonly used as a food source for nematode worms such as Caenorhabditis elegans in laboratory studies.
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