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. 2013 Oct 2;8(10):e76198. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076198

Table 2. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain or plasmid Genotype or construction Source or reference
Strains
E. coli
DH5α supE44 ΔlacU169 (Φ80 lacZΔM15) recA1 endA1 hsdR17 thi-1 gyrA96 relA1 Invitrogen
HB101 subE44 subF58 hsdS3 (rB- mB-) recA13 ara-14 proA2 lacY1 galK2 rpsL20 [53]
xyl-5 mtl-1
CC118 λpir Δ(ara-leu) araD ΔlacX74 galE galK phoA20 thi-1 rpsE rpoB argE (Am) [52]
recA1 λpir phage lysogen
BL21(DE3)pLysS F- ompT gal dcm lon hsdSB(rB- mB-) λ(DE3) pLysS(cmR) Invitrogen
AB1157 thr-1, araC14, leuB6(Am), Δ(gpt-proA)62, lacY1, tsx-33, qsr’-0, glnV44(AS) [71]
galK2(Oc), LAM-, Rac-0, hisG4(Oc), rfbC1, mgl-51, rpoS396(Am) rpsL31(strR),
kdgK51, xylA5, mtl-1, argE3(Oc), thi-1
AB1157alkA As AB1157 but ∆alkA::km This study
DM12 As AB1157 but ∆alkB::km [23]
AB1157ada As AB1157 but ada10::Tn10 ; constructed by P1 phage transduction This study
BS87 As AB1157 but ∆alkB::ap [72]
BS87alkA BS87 but ∆alkA::km; constructed by P1 phage transduction This study
AB1157alkAada As AB1157 but ∆alkA::km; ada10::Tn10 This study
AB1157alkBada As AB1157 but ∆alkB::km; ada10::Tn10 This study
BS87alkAada As BS87 but ∆alkA::km; ada10::Tn10 This study
UC978 araD8l Δ(uvrB-bio) ∆ogt1::km ada10::Tn10; used as a donor of ada10::Tn10 [73]
P. putida
PaW85 Wild-type, isogenic to KT2440 [55,56]
PaWAlkB PaW85, ∆alkB::gm This study
PaWAda PaW85, Δada::km This study
PaWAlkA PaW85, ∆alkA This study
PaWAdaAlkB PaW85, Δada::km; ΔalkB::gm This study
PaWAlkAAlkB PaW85, ∆alkA; ΔalkB::gm This study
PaWAlkAAda PaW85, ∆alkA; ∆ada::km This study
PaWAlkAAdaAlkB PaW85, ΔalkA; ∆ada::km; ΔalkB::gm This study
Plasmids
pBluescript KS (+) Cloning vector (Apr) Stratagene
pUTmini-Tn5 Km2 Delivery plasmid for mini-Tn5 Km2 (Apr Kmr) [59]
pBK-miniTn7-ΩGm pUC19-based delivery plasmid for miniTn7-ΩGm (Gmr, Apr) [58]
pGP704 L Delivery plasmid for homologous recombination (Apr) [57]
pRK2013 Helper plasmid for conjugal transfer of pGP704 L (Kmr) [54]
pEMG Cloning vector (Kmr), oriR6K, lacZα with two flanking I-SceI sites [61]
pSW (I-SceI) The I-SceI-expression plasmid (Apr) [62]
pKSalkB pBluescript KS (+) containing the PCR-amplified sequence of the alkB gene This study
in SacI and Acc65I restriction sites
pKSΔalkB::gm alkB in pKSalkB is interrupted with the Gmr gene from pBK-miniTn7-ΩGm This study
by replacing SacII and HindIII-generated fragment from alkB by the Gmr gene
pGP704ΔalkB::gm pGP704 L with SacI-Acc65I fragment of ΔalkB::gm from pKS∆alkB::gm This study
in vector plasmid opened with the same restrictases
pKSada pBluescript KS(+) containing the PCR-amplified sequence of the ada gene in SacI This study
and XbaI restriction sites
pKSΔada::km ada in pKSada is interrupted with the Kmr gene from pUTmini-Tn5 Km2 by This study
replacing Cfr42I and NcoI-generated fragment from ada by the Kmr gene
pGP704Δada::km pGP704 L with SacI-XbaI fragment of Δada::km from pKSΔada::km in vector This study
plasmid opened with the same restrictases
pEMGalkA pEMG containing PCR-amplified sequence of alkA in SacI and XbaI sites This study
pVB1x A low copy number vector (~6 copies/cell) with a toluic acid inducible Vectron Biosolutions
promoter (Apr)
pVB1x:EcalkB As pVB1x but expressing EcalkB This study
pVB1x:PpalkB As pVB1x but expressing PpalkB This study
pET28a(+) Expression vector (Kmr) Invitrogen
pET28a::PpalkB As pET28a(+) but expressing PpalkB This study
pPROBE-NT Promoterless vector with gfp reporter (Kmr) [63]
pPROBE-AT Promoterless vector with gfp reporter (Apr) [63]
pPROBE-NT:alkAp As pPROBE-NT with P. putida alkA promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-NT:alkBp As pPROBE-NT with P. putida alkB promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-NT:alkBpΔ(-68,-18) As pPROBE-NT with P. putida alkB promoter (-100, -1) This study
with deletion of (-68,-18) nucleotides
pPROBE-NT:adap As pPROBE-NT with P. putida ada promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-NT:Ecadap As pPROBE-NT with E. coli ada promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-AT:alkAp As pPROBE-AT with P. putida alkA promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-AT:alkBp As pPROBE-AT with P. putida alkB promoter (-100, -1) This study
pPROBE-KT:kanp As pPROBE-KT but with kanamycin resistance gene promoter Prof. S. E. Lindow
Berkeley, California