I believe the common terminology would have them as "mutator strains". Check
out "A SHORT COURSE IN BACTERIAL GENETICS" by Jeffrey Miller (Cold Spr.
Harbor, 1992) FOR INTRODUCTION TO e. COLI MUTATOR STRAINS AND THEIR USE.
Gary G. Wilson wrote:
> I'm new to the field and am looking for references to definitive articles
> on methods for using mutational strains of bacteria to create random
> mutations in a plasmid. Can anyone point me in the right direction.
>> Gary G Wilson
