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. 2014 Feb 13;9(2):e87814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087814

Table 1. Bacterial strains, plasmids and primers.

Strains plasmids primers Relevant characteristics Reference, source
E. coli
DH10B F– mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) Φ80lacZΔM15 ΔlacX74 Laboratory
recA1 endA1 araD139 Δ(ara leu)7697 galU galK rpsL nupG collection
S17-1λpir TpR SmR, recA, thi, pro, hsdR-M+RP4∶2-Tc:Mu: Km Tn7 λpir Laboratory
collection
P. aeruginosa
PAO1 PT5, Wild type Laboratory
collection
PA14 Wild type [38]
PAO1 AHQ biosensor strain, CTX pqsA::luxCDABE [36]
pqsA::lux
PAO1-W5 3.5 kbp deletion in PA2228-pslA region, pTS400 This study
PT1617 PAO-W5 after spontaneous loss of pTS400 This study
PT466 PAO1ΔlasI::Tc [22]
PT498 PAO1ΔlasR::Tc [22]
PT1850 PAO1-UW vqsM::Tn5-Tc [39]
PT1833 PAO1-UW pqsA::Tn5-Tc [39]
PT1842 PAO1ΔvqsM This study
Plasmids
pEX18T Suicide vector; Tet [47]
pRK2013 RK2, helper plasmid; Km [28]
pSB1075 lasR, lasI-luxCDABE, ColE1; Ap [33]
pTS400 lasB-lacZ translational fusion; Ap [35]
pEX1.8 expression vector, lacIQ; Ap [48]
pJPP8 pEX1.8, ptac::rhlR; Ap [48]
pIApX2 pUCP20 derivative containing promoter pX2 and gfp; Ap Ina Attree
pLIGF1 lasI-gfp promoter fusion; Ap This study
ppqsA1 pqsA-gfp promoter fusion; Ap This study
pME3872 lasR on mini-Tn7 gene delivery vector; Ap Gm [25]
pME3078 Mobilizable suicide vector, ColE1; Tc [27]
pHO1.1 1,383 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2228, cloned in BamHI- This study
HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
pHO2.1 1,483 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2227 (vqsM) cloned in This study
BamHI-HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
pHO3.1 1,698 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2229-PA2230 cloned in This study
BamHI-HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
pHO4.1 6,023 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2227-PA2222 cloned in This study
BamHI-HindIII cleaved pIApX2, Ap
pHO6.1 4,059 bp DNA fragment harboring PA2227-PA2225, obtained This study
by XbaI digest and religation of pHO4.1; Ap
pHO9.1 2,000 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2226-PA2225 cloned in This study
BamHI-HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
pHO12.1 646 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2225 cloned in BamHI- This study
HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
pHO13.1 765 bp PCR fragment harboring PA2226- cloned in BamHI- This study
HindIII cleaved pIApX2; Ap
Primers 5′- 3′ sequence
PA2225-Bam AGCTGGATCCAGATCAGGGTGGCGTCAGAGTA This study
PA2225-Hind AGCTAAGCTTCATTGAGCATGAGCTGGAAAA This study
PA2226-Bam AGCTGGATCCGAGCAATTGCACTGCTACTGAA This study
PA2226-Hind AGCTAAGCTTCCGATCAGACTCAGCAATACCA This study
PA2228-Bam CAGTGGATCCTGAAATGCCTTGATCTTCACC This study
PA2228-Hind CAGTAAGCTTGGCGCCATTCAAAATCAAATA This study
PA2228-Bam2 CAGTGGATCCAGGGATATGCCTGGCTCATTT This study
PA2222-Hind CAGTAAGCTTGAACTTGTGCGCATATTTGG This study
vqsM-Bam CAGTGGATCCTGAGTGGGTCAAGGCATCAAC This study
vqsM-Hind CAGTAAGCTTCGCTAATTAGTCCAGCAAGCA This study
PA2229-Bam CAGTGGATCCGTAAGCACCGTAGCGTGCAA This study
PA2230-Hind CAGTAAGCTTCTCGTCGAAGGCGGAAGAG This study
PA2228-1 GTATGGGCCCCTCACAGTTTA This study
PA2228-2 CGACCGCCATGAAGAAATAAT This study
PA2222-1 ATGCAATCCTGGCTTTGTCTTC This study
PA2222-2 AACGTTGCAAACACGTTCCTTT This study
vqsM-1 CGTCAGCGAATCGAGTTATTCC This study
vqsM-2 TCTTTGCGGGCCTTATCTACAA This study
PA0439-Bgl CGCAGATCTATCCAGGTCGACGGACAGATG This study
PA0439-Hind GCGAAGCTTGTAGTCGAAGGCGGGTCGAT This study
vqsM-upR-Gm TCAGAGCGCTTTTGAAGCTAATTCGGCGTCATTCCACTC This study
TGGCTTA
vqsM-dnF-Gm AGGAACTTCAAGATCCCCAATTCGCGTCAGCGAATCGAG This study
TTATTCC
ppqsA-Hind ACACAAGCTTGATTTCAACAGGGAAGCCTGC This study
ppqsA-Xba ACACTCTAGAGAAATCGAGGCGGAACAGAAC This study