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Cross-feeding assay demonstrating guanine excretion by the optA1 gpt strain under dGTP starvation conditions. In this assay, growth of a guanine-requiring (ΔguaA) indicator strain—as evidenced by increased X-Gal hydrolysis—is enabled by simultaneous growth with the optA1 gpt strain. See the text for details.
