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. 2012 Aug 17;7(8):e43114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043114

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

Strain/plasmid Description, relevant characteristics Reference or source
Photorhabdus luminescens strains
LN2/LN2-W Wild-type isolate from host nematode H. indica LN2 Ralf-Udo Ehlers
LN2-R1∼LN2-R34 Spontaneous RifR mutant of wild-type strain LN2; RifR This study
LN2-A Spontaneous AmpR mutant of wild-type strain LN2; AmpR This study
LN2-M1 Tn5 insertion mutant of LN2; AmpR, KmR [41]
H06 Wild-type isolate from host nematode H. bacteriophora H06 Laboratory stock
HNA Wild-type isolate from host nematode H. megidis HNA Dr Wim Wouts
LN2-WΔrpoB-LR31 LN2-W containing the mutant rpoB allele from LN2-R31 This study
LN2-R31ΔrpoB-LW LN2-R31containing the wild-type rpoB allele from LN2-W This study
LN2ΔrhlE LN2-A rhlE::Cm This study
LN2ΔnamB LN2-A namB::Cm This study
LN2ΔdsbA LN2-A dsbA::Cm This study
Escherichia coli strains
DH5a Host of plasmids TaKaRa
S17-1 (λpir) E. coli lysogenized with λpir, replication of ori R6K [51]
TOP10 Cloning strain Invitrogen
Plasmids
pMini-Tn5 oriT, oriR6K, delivery plasmid for mini-Tn5; KmR [52]
pCR4-TOPO Cloning vector; AmpR, KmR Invitrogen
pMD-18T Cloning vector; AmpR TaKaRa
pMD-19T Cloning vector; AmpR TaKaRa
pUC19-egfp pUC19 carrying egfp; AmpR Laboratory stock
pMD-egfp pMD-18T carrying ribosome binding site and egfp gene; AmpR This study
pMD-lac-egfp pMD-19T carrying ribosome binding site, lacZ promoter and egfp gene; AmpR This study
pMini-lac-egfp pMini-Tn5 carrying a NotI fragment containing ribosome binding site, lacZ promoter and egfp gene; KmR This study
pPHU281 lacZ’ mob(RP4), TcR derivative of pUC18 with oriT [50]
pPHU281-rpoB-LW pPHU281 carrying a BamHI-PstI fragment containing rpoB gene from wild-type strain of P. luminescens LN2 This study
pPHU281-rpoB-LR31 pPHU281 carrying a BamHI-PstI fragment containing rpoB gene from RifR mutant of P. luminescens LN2-R31 This study
pKNG101 R6K Ori, sacB, SmR [56]
pKNG101-rhlE::Cm pKNG101 carrying a rhlE::Cm fragment, SmR, CmR This study
pKNG101- namB::Cm pKNG101 carrying a namB::Cm fragment, SmR, CmR This study
pKNG101- dsbA::Cm pKNG101 carrying a dsbA::Cm fragment, SmR, CmR This study