Table 5.
Bacterial strains and plasmid used in this study.
| Strain or plasmid | Description | Reference or source |
|---|---|---|
| Strains | ||
| HB101 (RP1) | HB101 Escherichia coli strain containing IncPα plasmid RP1 | Shoemaker and Salyers (1987) |
| B. fragilis 2553R | Spontaneous rifampin mutant of B. fragilis 2553 | Cerdeno-Tarraga et al. (2005) |
| B. fragilis 638R | Spontaneous rifampin mutant of B. fragilis 638 | Smith and Parker (1993) |
| B. thetaiotaomicron 5482A | ||
| BT4001 | Spontaneous rifampin mutant of B. thetaiotaomicron 5482A | Shoemaker et al. (1986) |
| BT4007 | B. thetaiotaomicron 4001 that contains wild-type CTnDOT | Shoemaker et al. (1989) |
| BT4100ΩQABC | Spontaneous thymidine-requiring strain of B. thetaiotaomicron containing regulatory CTnDOT genes, tetQ, rteA, rteB, rteC | Whittle et al. (2002b) |
| BT4001ΩQABC | B. thetaiotaomicron containing regulatory CTnDOT genes, tetQ, rteA, rteB, rteC | Whittle et al. (2002b) |
| BT4001ΩQAB | B. thetaiotaomicron containing regulatory CTnDOT genes, tetQ, rteA, rteB | Whittle et al. (2002b) |
| BT4001ΩQA | B. thetaiotaomicron containing regulatory CTnDOT genes, tetQ, rteA | G.-R. Wang (unpublished) |
| BT4007ΩrecA | BT4001 with insertional disruption of recA | Cooper et al. (1997) |
| BT4104 | BT4100 containing CTnERL | Li et al. (1995) |
| BT4007 | BT4001 containing CTnDOT | Shoemaker et al. (1989) |
| BT4007ΩrteB | Chromosomal disruption of rteB in BT4007 | Moon et al. (2005) |
| BT4001pRteC | BT4001 containing constitutively expressed RteC plasmid | Moon et al. (2005) |
| Plasmids | ||
| pGFK154 | pGERM with 1 kb gene between BT4742 and BT4743 of CTn4-bt | This study |
| pGRK155 | pGERM with 1.1 kb gene between BT0075 and BT0076 of CTn1-bt | This study |
| pGFK156 | pGERM with 1.1 kb gene between BT2282 and BT2283 of CTn2-bt | This study |
| pGFK156 | pGERM with 1.1 kb gene between BT2606 and BT2607 of CTn3-bt | This study |
| pGFK162 | pGERM with 0.6 kb gene between p5482-20 and p5482-21 of p5482 | This study |
| pGFK166 | pGERM with 0.4 kb gene of BT4770traG in CTn4-bt | This study |
| pGFK167 | pEPE with 1 kb gene between BT4742 and BT4743 of CTn4-bt | This study |