Commonly used strainsThis page describes some of the most commonly used yeast lab strains. Much of the information is taken fromF. Sherman (2002)Getting started with yeast, Methods Enzymol. 350, 3-41. Other useful papers for strain background information include: Mortimer and Johnston(1986) Genetics 113:35-43 - thoroughly describes the genealogy of strain S288C van Dijken et al.(2000) Enzyme Microb Technol 26:706-714 - compares various characteristics of commonly used lab strains
