Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids.

Strains or Plasmids	Relevant Genotype	Reference
DH5α	supE44,DlacU169(/80lacZ DM15), hsdR17, endA1, recA, thi-1,relA1, gyrA96	Hanahan (1983)
Pseudomonas sp.CF600	Utilizes and degrade Phenol	Shingler et al (1989)
pGL3-basic	Apr, promoter less cloning vector	Promega
pGL3-promoter	Apr, SV40 promoter cloning vector	Promega
pRLuc (DmpR/Pr/Po)	pGL3-basic vector containingwild type DmpR/Pr and Po promoter	This study
pRLuc42R	pGL3-basic vector containing DmpR/Pr and Po promoter andmutation at 42 amino acid	This study
pR140p143R	pGL3-basic vector containing DmpR/Pr and Po promoter andmutation at 140 and 143 amino acid	This study
pRLuc113p116R	pGL3-basic vector containing DmpR/Pr and Po promoter andmutation at 113 and 116 amino acid	This study