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Table 1 Adaptive laboratory evolution experiments with bacteria

From: Adaptive laboratory evolution – principles and applications for biotechnology

Species, Strain

Environment

Selection time

Reference

Nutrient

E. coli REL606

DM minimal medium, glucose

> 50 000 generations

Lenski et al. [34, 36, 64]

E. coli MG1655

glycerol-limited chemostat

217 generations

Weikert et al. [50]

E. coli

glucose- limited chemostat

280 generations

Notley-McRobb and Ferenci [49]

E. coli MG1655

M9 minimal medium, glycerol

700 generations

Ibarra et al. [65]

E. coli MG1655

minimal medium lactate or glycerol

>1000 and > 600 generations

Fong et al. [66]

E. coli MG1655

M9 minimal medium, L-lactate

900 generations

Hua et al. [67]

E. coli MG1655

M9 minimal medium, lactose

500 generations

Dekel and Alon [68]

E. coli MG1655

glucose minimal medium

25 days

Conrad et al. [69]

E. coli MG1655 ∆pgi

M9 minimal medium, glucose

50 days

Charusanti et al. [70]

E. coli MG1655

M9 minimal glycerol + 1,2 propanediol

700 generation

Lee et al. [71]

E. coli

chemostat minimal medium

37 days

Wang et al. [46]

phosphate limitation

T. fusca

Hagerdhal medium, glucose, cellobiose

220-284 generations

Deng and Fong [72]

L. lactis KF147

milk

1000 generations

Bachmann et al. [73]

G. sulfurreducens

lactate

nd

Summers et al. [74]

C. tyrobutyricum ATCC 25755

repeated batch fermentations, glucose

130 days

Jiang et al. [75]

E. coli REL606

DM minimal medium, lactose

2000 generations

Quan et al. [76]

E. coli B

LB xylose, lactate production

3 month

Zhao et al. [77]

Environmental stress

E. coli

high temperature (41.5°C)

2000 generations

Rhiele et a l. [78]

E. coli

UV light

80 UV light cycles

Alcantara-Diaz et al. [79]

E.coli

Freeze-thaw

150 cycles

Sleight and Lenski [80, 81]

E. colirpoS

osmotic stress

nd

Stoebel et al. [82]

E. coli

LB medium heat stress 48.5°C

620 generations

Rudolph et al. [83]

E. coli MG1655

rich medium , 7% (v/v) ethanol

30 -160 generations

Goodarzi et al. [84]

E. coli W3110

M9 minimal medium, 5% (v/v) ethanol

1000 generations

Horinouchi et al. [85]

E.coli

LB medium 4 – 8 g L-1 isobutanol

45 transfers

Atsumi et al. [86]

E. coli EcNR1

M9 minimal medium, 0.75% (v/v) isobutanol

500 generations

Minty et al. [87]

Bacillus boroniphilus

TSB medium, 0.055 – 0.3 M H 3 BO 3

50 transfers

Sen et al. [88]

E.coli B

Davis minimal medium, 42.2°C

2000 generations

Tenaillon et al. [89]

E. coli MG1655

LB medium temperature stress (up to 48°C)

8 months

Blaby et al. [90]

E. coli K-12

M9 medium, glucose,chemostat, n -butanol

> 200 generations

Reyes et al. [91]

E. coli MG1655

M9 minimal medium, low pH, n -butanol, H 2 O 2 , high salt

500 generations

Dragosits et al. [63]

Miscellaneous

S. clavuligerus 27064

TSB + MRSA N315

nd

Charusanti et al. [55]

G. oxydans DSM2343

glycerol, increased DHA production

25-50 transfers

Lu et al. [92]

  1. Experiments are presented in the approximate chronological order for the different selection conditions. The respective selection condition in the second column (environment) is highlighted in bold letters. nd - no data.