Table 1.
Myxobacterial strains and plasmids
| Bacteria or plasmid | Characteristics | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| DK1622 | M. xanthus standard strain | 51 |
| DK5517 | DK1622 Ω4414 tetr dev∷pLT19 | 18 |
| DK7536 | DK1622 Ω7536 | 40 |
| DK10469 | DK1622 pilA∷lacZ, pilA+ | |
| pLT4 | 7.8 kb SalI fragment containing part of the dev operon | 18 |
| pBJ113 | pUC118 containing kanr and galK; Plasmid used for constructing gene replacements. Derived from pKG2 | 26 |
| pBJ113 ckgfp | pBJ113 containing a transcriptional fusion of the dev operon and gfp | This work |
| pBJ130 | pPLT4 with the BamHI to EcoRI sites missing from the polylinker region | This work |
| pBJgfp1-2 | An Xbal amber linker ligated into pSPgfp-1 | This work |
| pSPgfp-1 | gfp ligated into pSP72 | This work |