TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains
Strain | Reference | Description |
---|---|---|
A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2 | 9 | Highly leukotoxic strain |
A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2-12 | 18 | JP2 luxS::kana |
A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2-750 | This study | JP2-12 complemented with pJRD215luxS |
A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2arcB1 | This study | JP2 arcB::kana |
A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2arcB1YGS | This study | JP2arcB1 complemented with pYGSarcB |
E. coli YGS | This study | DH5α carrying pYGS |
E. coli AIS | 18 | DH5α carrying pGEM-TluxS |