Table 1.
List of strains used in this study.
| Strain | Genotype | Source |
|---|---|---|
| C. crescentus | ||
| CB15N | synchronizable derivative of C. crescentus CB15 (also known as NA1000) | (Evinger and Agabian, 1977) |
| CJW1715 | CB15N mreBQ26P | (Aaron et al., 2007) |
| CJW2959 | CB15N vanA::pVsigpepCHYN-4 | (Takacs et al., 2010) |
| CJW3116 | CB15N dipM::pVspCHYdipMΔ1-30 | This study |
| CJW3117 | CB15N dipM::pVspCHYdipMΔ1-236 | This study |
| CJW3121 | CB15N vanA::pVdipMΔ297-609CHY | This study |
| CJW3122 | CB15N dipM::pVdipMΔ501-609CHY | This study |
| CJW3124 | CB15N dipM::pCHYCdipM | This study |
| CJW3137 | CB15N ΔdipM::Ω–Spc | This study |
| CJW3187 | CB15N ftsA::pXMCS2ftsA | This study |
| CJW3430 | CB15N ΔdipM::Ω–Spc vanA::pMT383 | This study |
| CJW3436 | CB15N dipM::pCHYCdipM vanA::pMT383 | This study |
| CJW3437 | CB15N mreBQ26P dipM::pdipMCHY | This study |
| CJW3438 | CB15N ftsZ::pBJM dipM::pCdipMCHY | This study |
| CJW3439 | CB15N vanA::pVdipMΔ501-609CHY | This study |
| CJW3440 | CB15N ΔdipM::ΩSpc/pRVdipMCHY | This study |
| CJW3444 | CB15N ΔdipM::ΩSpc /pRVCHYCdipMΔ54-419 | This study |
| CJW3445 | CB15N dipM::pVdipMΔ297-609CHY | This study |
| CJW3446 | CB15N dipM::pVdipMΔ501-609CHY ftsZ::pBJM | This study |
| CJW3447 | CB15N ftsA::pXMCS2ftsA vanA::pMT383 dipM::pdipMCHY | This study |
| CJW3448 | CB15N ΔdipM::Ω–Spc vanA::pMT383 mipZ-cfp | This study |
| CJW3449 | CB15N ΔdipM::Ω–Spc xylX::pXGFPMCS-2 | This study |
| CJW3455 | CB15N vanA::pMT383 mipZ-cfp | W. Schofield |
| CJW3530 | CB15N vanA:: pVdipMΔ297-609CHY ftsZ:: pBJM | This study |
| CJW3526 | CB15N vanA::pVLysM1A | This study |
| CJW3528 | CB15N vanA::pVLysM1B | This study |
| CJW3530 | CB15N ftsZ:pBJM pVdipMΔ297-609CHY | This study |
| CJW3550 | vanA::pVsigpepMCHYN-4 ftsZ::pBJM | This study |
| CJW3551 | ΔdipM::Ω–Spc vanA::pVsigpepMCHYN-4 | This study |
| CJW3591 | CB15 dipM::pdipMCHY divE309 (ftsAts) Rifr | This study |
| MT196 | CB15N vanA::pMT383 | (Thanbichler and Shapiro, 2006) |
| PC8848 | CB15 divE309 (ftsAts) Rifr | (Ohta et al, 1997) |
| YB1585 | CB15N ftsZ::pBJM | (Wang et al., 2001) |
| E. coli | ||
| DH5a | Cloning strain | Invitrogen |
| TOP10 | Cloning strain | Invitrogen |