TABLE 1.

B. subtilis strains used in this study

Strain	Genotypea	Source or referenceb
168	trpC2	Laboratory stock
BSIP1144	trpC2 amyE::pΔAyrrT′-lacZ cat	pDIA5512→168
BSIP1155	trpC2 amyE::pΔDyrrT′-lacZ cat	pDIA5526→168
BSIP1156	trpC2 amyE::pΔByrrT′-lacZ cat	pDIA5527→168
BSIP1161	trpC2 amyE::pΔCyrrT′-lacZ cat	pDIA5536→168
BSIP1215	trpC2 amyE::pΔFytlI′-lacZ cat	5
BSIP1264	trpC2 amyE::pΔIytlI′-lacZ cat	5
BSIP1309	trpC2 amyE::pΔB(+20 G A)yrrT′-lacZ cat	Materials and Methods
BSIP1310	trpC2 amyE::pΔB(+28 A T)yrrT′-lacZ cat	Materials and Methods
BSIP1311	trpC2 amyE::pΔB(+29 T C)yrrT′-lacZ cat	Materials and Methods
BSIP1329	trpC2 amyE::pΔAyxeK′-lacZ cat	pDIA5664→168
BSIP1547	trpC2 amyE::pΔB(+35 T G)yrrT′-lacZ cat	Materials and Methods
BSIP1549	trpC2 amyE::pΔB(+13 A G)yrrT′-lacZ cat	Materials and Methods
BSIP1566	trpC2 amyE::pΔByxeK′-lacZ cat	pDIA5740→168
BSIP1585	trpC2 amyE::pΔDyxeK′-lacZ cat	PDIA5650→168
BSIP1638	trpC2 amyE::pΔCyxeK′-lacZ cat	pDIA5651→168
BSIP1793	trpC2 ΔyrzC amyE::pΔFytlI′-lacZ cat	5
BSIP1794	trpC2 ΔyrzC amyE::pΔAyrrT′-lacZ cat	pDIA5512→BSIP1798
BSIP1798	trpC2 ΔyrzC amyE::aphA3 lacZ	5
BSIP1807	trpC2 ΔyrzC amyE::pΔFytlI′-lacZ cat thrC::pxylA-yrzC spc	pDIA5735→BSIP1793
BSIP1816	trpC2 ΔyrzC amyE::pΔAyxeK′-lacZ cat	pDIA5664→BSIP1798
BSIP1817	trpC2 amyE::p-yrzC′-lacZ cat	pDIA5738→168

^acat is the pC194 chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene; spc is a spectinomycin resistance gene.

^bArrows indicate construction by transformation.