. 2005 Apr;187(7):2513–2518. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2513-2518.2005

TABLE 1.

B. subtilis strains used in this study

Strain	Genotype and phenotype^a	Source or reference
FB10	gerBB1*	18
FB72	ΔgerA ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Sp^r Tc^r	19
PS832	Wild type	Laboratory stock
PS3604	gerBC^Cys20 Sp^r	8
PS3605	gerBC^Ala20 Sp^r	8
PS3608	ΔgerA Cm^r	8
PS3611	ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Sp^r	8
PS3612	gerAC^Ala18 ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Sp^r	8
PS3629	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerAC^Cys18) gerAC^Ala18 ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3630	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerAC^Ala18) ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3631	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerAC^Cys18) gerAC^Ala18 ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3632	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerAC^Ala18) ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3633	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerAC^Cys18) ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3636	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerAC^Ala18) gerBB1* Km^r	This work
PS3637	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerAC^Cys18) gerBB1* Km^r	This work
PS3656	gerBB1* gerBC^Cys20 Sp^r	This work
PS3657	gerBB1* gerBC^Ala20 Sp^r	This work
PS3658	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Cys20) gerBB1* Km^r	This work
PS3659	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Ala20) gerBB1* Km^r	This work
PS3660	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Cys20) ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3661	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Ala20) ΔgerB ΔgerK Cm^r Em^r Km^r Sp^r	This work
PS3662	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Cys20) ΔgerA Cm^r Km^r	This work
PS3663	ΔamyE::(P_sspB-gerBC^Ala20) ΔgerA Cm^r Km^r	This work
PS3692	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerBC^Cys20) ΔgerA Cm^r Km^r	This work
PS3693	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerBC^Ala20) ΔgerA Cm^r Km^r	This work
PS3694	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerBC^Cys20) gerBB1* Km^r	This work
PS3695	ΔamyE::(P_gerA-gerBC^Ala20) gerBB1* Km^r	This work

Cm^r, resistance to chloramphenicol (5 μg/ml); Em^r, resistance to erythromycin (1 μg/ml) and lincomycin (25 μg/ml); Km^r, resistance to neomycin (7 μg/ml); Sp^r, resistance to spectinomycin (100 μg/ml); Tc^r, resistance to tetracycline (10 μg/ml).