Question

Relating to microbial biology, Explain what is meant by the term “mutator strain” and give an example of such a strain.

Answer 1

mutator strain is a strain which is basically used to create rapid mutations by inducing random mutagenised plasmid libraries.

the mutator strain example is population strain of e coli XL-1 red , salmonella enterica and others

one should keep in mind that mutator strain is basically used only for mutational repair or processes related to it like transversion, transition and mismatch system and others

a rough diagrammatic representation of the above explanation is being given below for better understanding.

it is a rough diagrammatic representation to show the procedure