TABLE 2.

Deletions detected in strain Y34

Deletion	Deleted genes	Size (kb)	Location on E. coli K-12 map (min)
I	gpt, yafA, crl, phoE, proB, proA, b0245, yafW, b0247, yafX, b0249, ykfB, yafY, yafZ, ykfA, perR, b0255, tra8_1, b0257, ykfc, yi52_10	19.1	5.4-5.9
II	ptsN, b3205, ptsO, b3207, yrbM, yhbL, arcB, yhcC, gltB, gltD, gltF, yhcA, yhcD, yhcE, yi52_10	23.4	72.1-72.5