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. 2013 Nov 5;8(11):e79461. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079461

Table 1. Strains, plasmids and cell lines used in this study.

Strain, plasmid or cell line Characteristics Reference or source
B. pseudomallei:
10276 Clinical isolate (wild-type) Dr T. Pitt (Public Health Laboratory Service, London, UK)
10276 (pME) 10276 harbouring the pME6032 plasmid This study
bpss1439 (bbfA) mutant 10276 harbouring a pKNOCK-Kan single cross-over insertion in bpss1439 (bbfA) This study
bpss1439 (bbfA) mutant (pME) 10276 harbouring a pKNOCK-Kan single cross-over insertion in bpss1439 (bbfA) and the pME6032 plasmid This study
bpss1439 (bbfA) mutant (pME-1439) 10276 harbouring a pKNOCK-Kan single cross-over insertion in bpss1439 (bbfA) and the pME6032 plasmid containing a full-length copy of bpss1439 This study
E. coli:
S17-1 λpir Laboratory strain (λpir hsdR pro thi; chromosomal integrated RP4-2 Tc::Mu Km::Tn7). [36]
Plasmids:
pKNOCK-Kan 2.2 kb, KanR, λpir-dependent vector (oriR6K) with RP4 oriT [23]
pKNOCK-Kan-bpss1439 pKNOCK-Kan containing a 623 bp internal fragment of bpss1439 (bbfA) This study
pME (pME6032) 9.8 kb, TetR, pVS1 derived shuttle vector with IPTG inducible ptac promoter [24]
pME-1439 pME6032 containing the full-length (4593 bp) bpss1439 (bbfA) gene, including 146 bp upstream This study
Eukaryotic cell lines:
J774.2 Murine macrophage-like cells ECACC 85011428
A549 Human lung airway epithelial cells ECACC 86012804