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TABLE 1.

Plasmids used in this study

Plasmid	Description^a	Reference
pSK41	46.4-kb conjugative plasmid; Nm^r EbQa^r Gm^r Tm^r Km^r Tra⁺	11
pJE1	50.0-kb conjugative plasmid; Nm^r EbQa^r Gm^r Tm^r Km^r Tp^r Tra⁺	9, 11
pUW3626	54.4-kb conjugative plasmid; Nm^r EbQa^r Gm^r Tm^r Km^r Pc^r Tra⁺	3
pSK5093	pSK41 deletion mutant lacking region between IS257^41B and IS257^41E; Nm^s EbQa^s Gm^r Tm^r Km^r Tra⁻	This study
pSK5094	pSK41 deletion mutant lacking region between IS257^41E and IS257^41G; Nm^r EbQa^r Gm^s Tm^s Km^s Tra⁺	This study

Abbreviations: EbQa^r, resistance to ethidium bromide and quaternary ammonium compounds; Gm^r Tm^r Km^r, resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin, and kanamycin; Nm^r, neomycin resistance; Pc^r, penicillin resistance; Tp^r, trimethoprim resistance; Tra, conjugative transfer. s = sensitive.