Table I.
Bacterial Strains Used in This Study
| Strain | Characteristics | Reference or source |
|---|---|---|
| B. henselae | ||
| Wild-type (WT) | B. henselae Marseille, patient isolate, early passage | 4 |
| Pil− variant | B. henselae Marseille, extensively passaged, pilus-negative | 7 |
| BadA− | B. henselae Marseille TN <KAN-2> transposon mutant, transposon integrated in badA | This study |
| BadA−/BadA+ WT | B. henselae BadA2−/− complemented with pTR15 | This study |
| Houston-1 ATCC 49882 | published genome sequence (NC_005956) | 24 |
| E. coli | ||
| TOP 10 | host strain used for cloning | Invitrogen |
| DH5α | host strain used for cloning | Invitrogen |
| BL21 (DE3) | host strain used for protein expression | Stratagene |