Table 2. List of bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strains	Relevant genotype	Source or reference
MG1655	wild type E. coli K12	Lab collection
IBPC5321	thi-1,argE3, lacX74, mlt-li, xyl-5, tsx-29, rpsL,argG6, his4	[56]
JB43	IBPC5321 msrB’-lacZ	This study
JB44	IBPC5321 msrB’-‘lacZ	This study
JB46	IBPC5321 msrB’-‘lacZ Δfur::kan	This study
JB50	IBPC5321 msrB’-‘lacZ ΔryhB::cat	This study
JB55	IBPC5321 msrA’-lacZ	This study
JB56	IBPC5321 msrA’-‘lacZ	This study
YD100	IBPC5321 msrA’-‘lacZ ΔryhB::cat Δfur::kan	This study
JB64	IBPC5321 msrA’-‘lacZ ΔryhB::cat	This study
JB61	IBPC5321 msrA’-‘lacZ Δfur::kan	This study
LCB195	MG1655 Δfur::kan	Lab collection
JB99	MG1655 ΔryhB::cat (MG1655*P1 EM1238)	This study
JB91	MG1655 rne701-flag-cat (MG1655* P1 TM528)	This study
SMG505	MG1655 msrB::kan	Lab collection
EM1238	EM1055 ΔryhB::cat	[31]
TM528	W3110 mlc rne701-flag-cat	[57]