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. 2013 Dec;195(24):5499–5515. doi: 10.1128/JB.00726-13

Table 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid Description Reference or source
P. aeruginosa strains
        PAO1 Wild-type lab stock 90
        PSL317 ΔalgR 51
        PAO1 algRD54E algR12 (or algRD54E), encoding AlgR D54E This study
        WFPA8 algR7 (or algRD54N), encoding AlgR D54N 25
        PAZ-1 ΔalgZ 26
        PAZ algRD54E ΔalgZ algR12 This study
        PAO1A pilA::Tc Daniel Hassett
        PAO1C fliC::Gm Daniel Hassett
        PAO1 ΔrhlA ΔrhlA Michael Vasil
        PDO111 rhlR::Tn501 91
        PAO1 rhlA::lacZ rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PSL317 rhlA::lacZ ΔalgR rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PAO1 algRD54E rhlA::lacZ algR12 rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        WFPA8 rhlA::lacZ algR7 rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PAZ rhlA::lacZ ΔalgZ rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PDO111 rhlA::lacZ rhlR::Tn501 rhlA::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PAO1 rhlI::lacZ rhlI::lacZ (in attB site) 28
        PSL317 rhlI::lacZ ΔalgR rhlI::lacZ (in attB site) 28
        PAO1 algRD54E rhlI::lacZ algR12 rhlI::lacZ (in attB site) This study
        PAO1 algRD54N rhlI::lacZ algR7 rhlI::lacZ (in attB site) This study
E. coli strains
        DH5α F ϕ80dlacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 deoR recA1 endA1 hsdR17(rK mK+) phoA supE44 λ thi-1 gyrA96 relA1 Lab strain
        Sm10 thi-1 thr leu tonA lacY supE recA::RP4-2-Tc::Mu Lab strain
        BL21 Rosetta F ompT hsdSB(rB mB) gal dcm pRARE2 (Cmr) Novagen
Plasmids
    pGEM-T Easy PCR product cloning vector Promega
    pEX18Gm Suicide cloning vector; Gmr 31
    pEX18Gm algRKO algR deletion vector; Gmr This study
    pEX18Gm algRD54E algRD54E allelic replacement vector; Gmr This study
    pEX18Gm algRD54N algRD54N allelic replacement vector; Gmr This study
    pHERD30T pBAD-based Pseudomonas expression vector; Gmr 30
    pHERD30T algR algR in pHERD30T; Gmr This study
    pHERD30T algRD54N algRD54N in pHERD30T; Gmr This study
    pHERD30T algRD54E algRD54E in pHERD30T; Gmr This study
    pHERD30T rhlAB rhlAB in pHERD30T; Gmr This study
    pGEX4T-3 GST fusion expression vector; Ampr GE Healthcare Life Sciences
    pGEX4T-3 algR algR in pGEX4T-3; Ampr This study
    pGEX4T-3 algRD54N algRD54N in pGEX4T-3; Ampr This study
    pGEX4T-3 algRD54E algRD54E in pGEX4T-3; Ampr This study
    Mini-CTX-1 attB site chromosomal integration vector 92
    Mini-CTX-1 lacZ attB site chromosomal integration vector with promoterless lacZ This study
    CTX-1 fimU::lacZ fimU promoter cloned into mini-CTX-1 lacZ This study
    CTX-1 rhlA::lacZ rhlA promoter cloned into mini-CTX-1 lacZ This study
    pFLP2 Source of FLP recombinase; Ampr 31
    pRK2013 Tra+ Mob+ ColE1 replicon; Kmr 93