Table 1.

Strains used in this study

Strain	Description	Reference
H37Rv hsp	M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv transformed with the integrating expression vector pMV306hsp, Kanr	18
H37Rv LuxG13	M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv transformed with the bacterial luciferase-encoding vector pMV306hsp + LuxAB + G13 + CDE, Kanr	18
H37Rv hspFFluc	M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv transformed with the firefly luciferase-encoding vector pMV306hsp + FFluc, Kanr	18
212 hsp	M. tuberculosis Beijing strain 212 transformed with the integrating expression vector pMV306hsp, Kanr	this work
212 LuxG13	M. tuberculosis Beijing strain 212 transformed with the bacterial luciferase-encoding vector pMV306hsp + LuxAB + G13 + CDE, Kanr	this work
232 hsp	M. tuberculosis clinical isolate 232 from the Indo-Oceanic lineage transformed with the integrating expression vector pMV306hsp, Kanr	this work
232 LuxG13	M. tuberculosis clinical isolate 232 from the Indo-Oceanic lineage transformed with the bacterial luciferase-encoding vector pMV306hsp + LuxAB + G13 + CDE, Kanr	this work
355 hsp	M. tuberculosis strain 355 belonging to the Euro-American lineage transformed with the integrating expression vector pMV306hsp, Kanr	this work
355 LuxG13	M. tuberculosis strain 355 belonging to the Euro-American lineage transformed with the bacterial luciferase-encoding vector pMV306hsp + LuxAB + G13 + CDE, Kanr	this work

Kan^r, kanamycin resistant.