TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains and bacteriophages

Strain or phage	Derivation or genotype	Reference or source
Strain
JH642	trpC2 phe-1	J. A. Hoch
AM878	amyE::φ(citGp2-lacZ cat)	4
ZB307A	Spβc2del2::Tn917::pSK10δ6	21
EUC97Q1	JH642 transformed with pJB3sigHQ201A	This work
EUC97R1	JH642 transformed with pJB3sigHR205A	This work
EUC9729	JH642 transformed with pCB2spo0Awta	This work
EUC9733	JH642 transformed with pCB2spo0AS231F	This work
EUC9791	EUC97Q1 transformed with pCB2spo0Awt	This work
EUC9792	EUC97Q1 transformed with pCB2spo0AS231F	This work
EUC9793	EUC97R1 transformed with pCB2spo0Awt	This work
EUC9794	EUC97R1 transformed with pCB2spo0AS231F	This work
EUC97Q2	EUC97Q1 transduced with SPβ spoIIA-lacZ	This work
EUC97Q3	EUC97Q1 transformed with AM878 chromosomal DNA	This work
EUC97Q4	EUC97Q1 transduced with SPβ spoVG-lacZ	This work
EUC97R2	EUC97Q1 transduced with SPβ spoIIA-lacZ	This work
EUC97R3	EUC97R1 transformed with AM878 chromosomal DNA	This work
EUC97R4	EUC97R1 transduced with SPβ spoVG-lacZ	This work
Bacteriophage
SPβ spoIIA-lacZ		19
SPβ spoVG-lacZ		21
SPβ spoIIG-lacZ		11

^awt, wild-type allele.