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. 2013 Jul 2;8(7):e67881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067881

Table 1. Strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain Description Source
M. catarrhalis
O35E WT isolate from middle ear effusion (Dallas, TX) [82]
O35E.B1B2 mhaB1mhaB2 double isogenic mutant of strain O35E,spectinomycin and zeocin resistant [67]
O35E. TN2 hag transposon mutant of strain O35E, kanamycin resistant [132]
O35E.2 uspA2 isogenic mutant of strain O35E, kanamycin resistant [133]
O35E.CD1 ompCD isogenic mutant of strain O35E, kanamycin resistant [72]
O12E WT isolate from middle ear effusion (Dallas, TX) [66]
McGHS1 WT isolate from patient with respiratory infection (Toledo, OH) [70]
E. coli
EPI300™ Cloning strain for recombinant DNA methods Epicentre® (Illumina®)
TUNER™ Expression strain for protein purification purposes EMD Millipore
Plasmids
pGEX4T-2 Protein expression vector, ampicillin resistant GE Healthcare Life Sciences
pGEX-MhaB pGEX4T-2 expressing O35E MhaB1 aa 72–399 joined to aGST N-terminal tag (GST-MhaB), ampicillin resistant This study
pGEX-McaP pGEX4T-2 expressing O35E McaP aa 51–333 joined to aGST N-terminal tag (GST-McaP), ampicillin resistant This study
pRBHis.MhaB.72.399 pETcoco-1 expressing O12E MhaB1 aa 72–399 joined to6 N-terminal histidine residues (His-MhaB), chloramphenicol resistant [67]