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. 2011 Jul 12;6(7):e21664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021664

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

Bacterial strains or plasmids Genotype or prevalent description References or sources
K. pneumoniae strains
NTUH-K2044 Clinical isolate; the parent strain for generate isogenic mutants (18)
i3705 km cassette in wbaP ORF (15)
i3706 km cassette in wcaI ORF (15)
i3709 km cassette in wcaG ORF (15)
i3714 km cassette in wzy ORF (15)
i3715 km cassette in ptf ORF (15)
d3695 glf deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3699 uge deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3704 gnd deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3705 wbaP deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3706 wcaI deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3708 wcaH deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3709 wcaG deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3712 atf deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3713 wcfG deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3714 wzy deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3715 ptf deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3718 wzc deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3719 wzb deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3720 wza deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
d3742 yegM deletion strain in NTUH K2044 background present study
c3706 complement of wcaI in d3706 present study
c3709 complement of wcaG in d3709 present study
c3712 complement of atf in d3712 present study
E. coli strains
DH5α
BL21 star
BL21 codon plus
Plasmids
pET28a expression cloning Novagen
pGEM-T easy-km pGEM-T easy was inserted with Km cassette from pUC4K into NdeI site for trans complementation Present study
pKO3-km pKO3-derived plasmid, with an insertion of Km resistance cassette from pUC4K into AccI site (36)
pCRIITOPO-CAT for cloning the complement plasmid (15)