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. 2010 Oct 15;192(24):6346–6351. doi: 10.1128/JB.00838-10

TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains

Strain Characteristics Source or referencea
B. melitensis 16M B. melitensis biovar 1 reference strain; S SAG
B. suis 1330 B. suis biovar 1 reference strain; S SAG
B. abortus 2308 B. abortus biovar 1 reference strain; S SAG
B. abortus 2308 Nalr Nalidixic acid-resistant B. abortus 2308; S UNAV
B. ovis 63/290 Reference strain; R SAG
B. abortus B10 B. abortus biovar 1, Chilean field isolate; S 11
B. abortus R1 Spontaneous ΔGI-2 mutant derived from strain 2308; R This study
B. abortus R6 Spontaneous ΔGI-2 mutant derived from strain B10; R This study
B. abortus int::Kmr int mutant (BAB1_0983), 2308 Nalr derivative; S This study
B. abortus int::Kmr/int int::Kmr mutant complemented with plasmid pMR10int (carrying a copy of int); S This study
E. coli TOP10F FmcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80lacZΔM15 ΔlacX74 recA1 araΔ139 Δ(ara-leu)7697 galU galK rpsL (Strr) endA1 nupG Invitrogen
E. coli OmniMAX 2-t1 F′ [proAB+lacIq lacZΔM15 Tn10(TetR) Δ(ccdAB)] mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80(lacZ)ΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 endA1 recA1 supE44 thi-1 gyrA96 relA1 tonA panD Invitrogen
E. coli S17-1λpir Mating strain with plasmid RP4 inserted into the chromosome 20
a

SAG, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Chile; UNAV, Universidad de Navarra, Spain.