The Legacy of Genetic Analysis Advances Contemporary Research with Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2.

Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 became standard organisms for genetic analysis during the Truman administration. Half a century later, genetic analysis with these strains had become an art form, interpreted through 23 articles in the ambitious two-volume masterpiece edited by the late Fred Neidhardt and colleagues. These legacy articles now are available through EcoSal Plus , so as to inform and inspire contemporary genetic analyses in these standard organisms and their relatives.