TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains and plasmids

Strain or plasmid	Genotype or phenotype	Reference or origin
E. chrysanthemi strains, 3937 derivatives
A350	lmrTclacZ2	Laboratory collection
A576	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK	Laboratory collection
A1077	lmrTclacZ2 kdgR::Mu Cm	Laboratory collection
A1091	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK paeY::lacZ Km	27
A1524	lmrTclacZ2 pecS::Mu Cm	22
A2174	lmrTclacZ2 pecT::Cm	30
A2507	lmrTclacZ2 crp::Cm	21
A3433	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK togM::uidA Km	9
A3719	lmrTclacZ2 kdgR::Sm	Laboratory collection
A3785	lmrTclacZ2 paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3816	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK kdgM::uidA Km	3
A3910	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3911	lmrTclacZ2 kdgR::Mu Cm paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3912	lmrTclacZ2 pecS::Mu Cm paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3913	lmrTclacZ2 pecT::Cm paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3914	lmrTclacZ2 crp::Cm paeX::uidA Km	This work
A3922	lmrTclacZ2 arg10 kdgK paeX::uidA Km outD::Cm	This work
A4026	lmrTclacZ2 paeX-Cm	This work
A4027	paeY::lacZ Km	This work
A4029	paeX-Cm	This work
A4030	paeX-Cm paeY::lacZ Km	This work
A4039	kdgK::Cm	T. Franza
A4043	lmrTclacZ2 kdgR::Sm pecS::Mu Cm	Laboratory collection
A4122	lmrTclacZ2 paeY::lacZ Km	This work
A4123	lmrTclacZ2 paeX-Cm paeY::lacZ Km	This work
Other E. chrysanthemi strains
B374	Wild type	A. Toussaint
EC16	Wild type	N. T. Keen
ENA49	Wild type	Laboratory collection
EP2	Wild type	M. Boccara
E. carotovora subsp. carotovora strains
SCRI193	Wild type	M. Perombelon
CC3-2	Wild type	Laboratory collection
E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica strains
SCRI31	Wild type	M. Perombelon
CA36A	Wild type	Laboratory collection
Plasmids
pBSCm	Bluescript KS(+) Cm	Stratagene
pN2101	pBSCm derivative with a 1.4-kb NarI-EagI fragment; paeX+	This work
pL306	pN2101 derivative with a uidA-Km cassette in the MluI site; paeX::uidA Km	This work
pT7-5	φ10 promoter; Ap	31
pN2170	pT7-5 derivative with a 1.4-kb NarI-EagI fragment; paeX+	This work