Table 1. Bacterial strains and oligonucleotides used in this study.
Strain | Genotype | GFP+ | FimH | PapG | LPS | Reference |
LT004 | CFT073 cobS::Φ(PLtetO-1-gfp+), cmr | X | x | x | Smooth | [19] |
UPEC76 | CFT073 Δ papDEFG (pheV)Δ papEFG (pheU) | - | x | - | Smooth | [10] |
W3110 | E. coli K-12 Lab strain | - | x | - | Rough | [55] |
ARD40 | LT004 fimH::kmr | X | - | x | Smooth | This work |
ARD41 | UPEC76 cobS::Φ(PLtetO-1-gfp+), cmr | X | x | - | Smooth | This work |
ARD42 | W3110 cobS::Φ(PLtetO-1-gfp+), cmr | X | x | - | Rough | This work |
ARD43 | ARD42 pKTH3020 | X | x | x | Rough | This work |
MC1 | Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium | [56] | ||||
Plasmid | ||||||
pKTH3020 | pap operon from KS71 | x | [57] | |||
pKD4 | Km resistance cassette source | [54] | ||||
pKM001 | PLtetO-1-GFP+ source plasmid | [19] | ||||
Oligos | ||||||
FimH KO Fa | ATTACCCAGAAACCATTACAGACTATGTCACACTGCAACGTGTGTAGGCTGGAGCTGCTTC | |||||
FimH KO Ra | CATCATTATTGGCGTAAATATTCCACACAAACTGGAAATCCATATGAATATCCTCCTTAG | |||||
FimA F | GCTCTGTCCCTCAGTTCCAC | |||||
FimA R | TCAACAGAGCCTGCATCAAC | |||||
PapA F | TGAAATTCGCAACTGCTGAG | |||||
PapA R | AACGGGTGAAATTTGATGGA | |||||
GFP+ F | ATCCGTTCAACTAGCAGACC | |||||
GFP+ R | GTTACAAACTCAAGAAGGACCA |
40 bp homology to fimH, followed by 20 bp homology to pKD4 (italics).