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. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86763. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086763

Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain or Plasmid Relevant characteristic(s) Source
P. aeruginosa
PAO1 Wild-type strain ATCC15692
PAO1/pBBR PAO1 harbouring pBBR1MCS-4 This study
PAO1::Tn7T PAO1 transposed with pUC18-mini-Tn7T-Gm-LAC This study
ΔiscR PAO1 ΔiscR mutant This study
ΔiscR/pBBR ΔiscR mutant harbouring pBBR1MCS-4 This study
ΔiscR::Tn7T ΔiscR mutant transposed with pUC18-mini-Tn7T-Gm-LAC This study
ΔiscR::iscR ΔiscR mutant transposed with pTn7TiscR This study
ΔiscR::iscSUA-hscBA-fdx2-iscX ΔiscR mutant transposed with pTn7TiscSUA-hscBA-fdx2-iscX This study
E. coli
DH5α φ80d lacZΔM15, recA1, endA1, gyrA96, thi-1, hsdR17(rk , mk +), supE44, relA1, deoR, Δ(lacYMA-argF)U169 Stratagene Inc.(USA)
Plasmid
pUC18-mini-Tn7T-Gm-LAC pUC18 containing mini-Tn7T::Plac site, Apr, Gmr [29]
pTn7TiscR pUC18-mini-Tn7T-Gm-LAC containing iscR This study
pBBR1MCS-4 Medium-copy-number expression vector, Apr [32]
pBBRiscR pBBR1MCS-4 containing iscR This study
pBBRiscR-C92A pBBRiscR with C92A mutagenesis This study
pBBRiscR-C98A pBBRiscR with C98A mutagenesis This study
pBBRiscR-C104A pBBRiscR with C104A mutagenesis This study
pBBRiscR-H107A pBBRiscR with H107A mutagenesis This study
pBBRiscR-E43A pBBRiscR with E43A mutagenesis This study
pBBRiscR-C111A pBBRiscR with C111A mutagenesis This study
pCM351 vector containing the loxP-Gmr-loxP region, Gmr [30]