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. 2010 Apr 2;5(4):e10018. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010018

Table 2. Bacterial strains and plasmids used.

Strain or plasmid Description source
Bacterial strains
E. coli DH5α F- endA1 hsdR17 supE44 thi-1 recA1 gyrA relA1 Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 deoR TransGen
Sphingomonas sp. XLDN2-5 Aerobic, rod shaped, degrades carbazole Lab stock
Plasmids
pUC19 Ampr lacZ, pMB9 replicon, M13IG TaKaRa
pMD18-T Clone vector TaKaRa
pEASY-Blunt Clone vector TransGen
pBY13 Ampr; pUC19 with 7.8-kb fragment that hybridized with car probe This study
p6100-a Ampr; pMD18-T with 1-kb fragment obtained by genome walking This study
p6100-1 Ampr; pMD18-T with 4.3-kb fragment obtained by IS-based PCR using pIS6100-F1 and pIS6100-R1 This study
p6100-2 Ampr; pMD18-T with 2.8-kb fragment obtained by IS-based PCR using pIS6100-F1 and pIS6100-R1 This study
P6100-3 Ampr; pMD18-T with 5.2-kb fragment obtained by IS-based PCR using pIS6100-R1 This study
pUcarAa Ampr; pUC19 with 1.2-kb SphI-XbaI fragment containing the carAa gene of strainXLDN2-5 This study
pUcarAc Ampr; pUC19 with 0.3-kb XbaI-KpnI fragment containing the carAc gene of strain XLDN2-5 This study
pUfdr Ampr; pUC19 with 1.3-kb KpnI-EcoRI fragment containing the fdr gene of strain XLDN2-5 This study
pEcarAaAc Ampr; Kar, pEASY-Blunt with 1.5-kb fragment containing the carAa and carAc genes of strain XLDN2-5 This study
pUcarAaAc Ampr; 1.5-kb SphI-KpnI fragment containing carAaAc from pUcarAaAc cloned into SphI-KpnI site of pUC19 This study
pUcarAaAcfdr Ampr; 1.5-kb SphI-KpnI fragment containing carAaAc from pUcarAaAc cloned into SphI-KpnI site of pUfdr This study
pUantAcdb Ampr; pUC19 with 2.1-kb HindIII-EcoRI fragment containing the antAcAdAb genes of strainXLDN2-5 This study
pUantAcdba Ampr; pUC19 with 3.5-kb HindIII-EcoRI fragment containing the antAcAdAbAa genes of strainXLDN2-5 This study