Table 1. Legionella species, E. coli strains and plasmids used in this study.
| MR Code | Species | Sg | Designation/Plasmid | Source/Ref |
| 23 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 | [65] |
| 36 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02/pBH6119-IcmRp | [32] |
| 52 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644 | [32] |
| 69 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644/pBH6119 | [32] |
| 70 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644/pBH6119-IcmRp | [32] |
| 73 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02/pBH6119 | [32] |
| 76 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02/plpg2644 | [32] |
| 77 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644/plpg2644 | [32] |
| 122 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02/plpg2644 Δrepeats | [32] |
| 123 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644/plpg2644 Δrepeats | This study |
| 124 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644 clpg2644 | [32] |
| 130 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644 clpg264/pBH6119-IcmRp | [32] |
| 137 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02/plpg2644 ΔC-term | This study |
| 138 | L. pneumophila | 1 | Lp02 Δlpg2644/plpg2644 ΔC-term | This study |
| 2 | E. coli TOP10 | none | Invitrogen | |
| 115 | E. coli TOP10 | pCR2.1- lpg2644 Δrepeats | This study | |
| 116 | E. coli TOP10 | pBH6119-IcmRp-lpg2644 Δrepeats | This study | |
| 131 | E. coli TOP10 | pCR2.1- lpg2644 ΔC-terminal | This study |
Sg: serogroup.