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. 2010 Jan 5;5(1):e8426. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008426

Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain/Plasmid General characteristics Source/Reference
E. coli
TOP10 F- mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80lacZΔM15 ΔlacX74 recA1 araD139 Δ(ara-leu) 7697 galU galK rpsL (StrR) endA1 nupG Invitrogen
BL21λDE3 F ompT gal (dcm) (lon) hsdSB(rB mB ) endA1 hsdR17(rK mK +) Invitrogen
S. suis serotype 2
P1/7 Virulent strain isolated from a pig with meningitis [58]
31533 Virulent strain isolated from a pig with meningitis [10]
166′ Virulent strain isolated from a pig with meningitis [59]
D282 Virulent strain isolated from a diseased pig [60]
S735 Serotype 2 reference strain, isolated from a pig with pneumonia [61]
24 Virulent strain isolated from a human case of meningitis [62]
LEF95 Virulent strain isolated from a human case of meningitis [63]
HUD Limoges Virulent strain isolated from a human case of septic-shock [64]
89–1591 Virulent field strain isolated from a pig with septicemia [65]
ΔsipF Derived from P1/7. In frame deletion of sipF This work
Δsfp2 Derived from P1/7. In frame deletion of sfp2 This work
Δsfp1 Derived from P1/7. In frame deletion of sfp1 This work
ΔsrtF Derived from P1/7. In frame deletion of srtF This work
ΔsrtA Derived from P1/7. Deletion of srtA This work
ΔsrtAcompsrtA ΔsrtA complemented with pSAcomp1 This work
ΔsrtAcompmock ΔsrtA transformed with empty pSET-3 This work
Plasmids
pCR2.1 Apr, Kmr, oriR(f1) MCS oriR (ColE1) Invitrogen
pDIA17 Cmr, oriR pACYC184, Tet promoter ΔlacI [66]
pIVEX2.4d Apr, oriR pUC, T7 promoter, His-Tag coding sequence Roche Applied Science
pSET4s Thermosensitive vector for allelic replacement is S. suis. Replication functions of pG+host3, MCS oriR pUC19 lacZ SpR [49]
p4ΔsipF pSET4s carrying the construct for sipF allelic replacement This work
p4Δsfp2 pSET4s carrying the construct for sfp2 allelic replacement This work
p4Δsfp1 pSET4s carrying the construct for sfp1 allelic replacement This work
p4ΔsrtF pSET4s carrying the construct for srtF allelic replacement This work
pSAD1 pSET4s carrying cat flanked by 5′ and 3′ ends of srtA [43]
pSAD11 pSAD1 devoid of cat This work
pSET-3 S. suis-E. coli shuttle vector [50]
pSAcomp1 pSET-3 carrying the full length srtA gene under the control of cat promoter [43]