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TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid	Relevant characteristics^a	Source
Strains
L. lactis MG1363	Plasmid-free and prophage-cured derivative of NCDO 712	(28)
S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus	HA⁺ Lac⁺ Em^s	ATCC 35246

Plasmids
pNZ8148	Cm^r, inducible expression vector, carrying the nisA promoter	(29)
pNZhasA	Cm^r, pNZ8148 derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasA gene	This work
pNZhasB	Cm^r, pNZ8148 derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasB gene	This work
pNZhasC	Cm^r, pNZ8148 derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasC gene	This work
pNZhasD	Cm^r, pNZ8148 derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasD gene	This work
pNZhasE	Cm^r, pNZ8148 derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasE gene	This work
pNZhasED	Cm^r, pNZhasE derivative containing a functional S. zooepidemicus hasD gene downstream of hasE	This work

^a Cm^r, chloramphenicol resistance.