TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Strain	Relevant genotype	Reference
B. subtilis
168	trpC2	1
BFA3041	168 htrB(yvtA)::pMutin4	This study
BFA2461	168 cssR(yvqA)::pMutin4	11
BV2001	168 cssS::Sp	11
BV2006	168 cssS::pMutin2	11
BV2015	168 cssS::Sp htrB(yvtA)::pMutin4	This study
BV2016	168 cssS::Sp amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB	This study
BV2017	168 htrA(ykdA)Δ439 amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB	This study
BV2018	168 cssS::Sp htrA(ykdA)Δ439 amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB	This study
BV2019	168 htrB(yvtA)::Km amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB	This study
BV2020	168 cssS::Sp htrB(yvtA)::Km amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB	This study
BV2021	168 htrA(ykdA)Δ439 htrB(yvtA)::Km amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB (suppressed)	This study
BV2022	168 cssS::Sp htrA(ykdA)Δ439 htrB(yvtA)::Km amyE::P cssRS(yvqAB)-bgaB (suppressed)	This study
BV2023	168 cssS::pMutin2 amyE::XcssS	This study
BV2024	168 cssS::Sp amyE::P htrA(ykdA)-bgaB	This study
BV2025	168 cssS::Sp amyE::P htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	This study
DN2	168 amyE::P htrA(ykdA)-bgaB	16
DN26	168 htrA(ykdA)Δ439	16
DN110	168 amyE::P htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	15
DN111	168 htrB(yvtA)::Km	15
DN112	168 htrB::kan amyE::P htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	15
DN113	168 htrAΔ439 amyE::P htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	15
DN119	168 htrAΔ439 amyE::P*htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	This study
DN120	168 htrB::kan amyE::P*htrB(yvtA)-bgaB	This study
DN220	168 amyE::P cssRS(yvqA/B)-bgaB	This study
DN225	168 amyE xylR::xylR-amyL P cssRS(yvqAB)::pDN221	This study
DN226	168 amyE xylR::xylR-amyL cssR(yvqA):: pMutin4	This study
DN227	168 P cssRS(yvqAB)::pDN221	This study
DN228	168 amyE xylR::xylR-amyL ∗P cssRS(yvqAB)::pDN222	This study
KS408	168 amyE xylR::xylR-amyL	23
E. coli
MC1061	F−araD139 Δ(ara-leu)7696 Δ(lac)X74 galU galK hsdR2 mcrA mcrB1 rspL	28
TG-1	supE hsdΔ 5 thi Δ(lac-proAB) F′ [traD36 proAB+lacIqlacZΔM15]	22