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. 2014 Apr 21;9(4):e95084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095084

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

Strain or plasmid Genotype or description Source
E. coli strains
DH5α F-, φ80d deoR lacZΔM15 endA1 recA1 hsdR17(rK-mK+) supE44 thi-1 gyrA96 relA1 Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 Invitrogen
C. jejuni strains
81–176 Wild type isolated from a diarrheic patient [28]
81–176 pRRH Strain 81–176 with genome-integrated pRRH; HygR This study
81–176 pRRA Strain 81–176 with genome-integrated pRRA; AprR This study
81–176 pRRC Strain 81–176 with genome-integrated pRRC; CmR This study
81–176 pRRK Strain 81–176 with genome-integrated pRRK; KanR This study
81–176 ΔastA::hygR Deletion of astA with aph(7″); HygR This study
81–176 ΔastA::aprR Deletion of astA with aac(3)IV; AprR This study
DRH461 Strain 81–176 with an unmarked deletion of astA [19]
DRH461 pRRH+astA DRH461 with integrated pRRH and polycistronic promoterless astA; HygR This study
DRH461 pRRA+astA DRH461 with integrated pRRA and polycistronic promoterless astA; AprR This study
DRH461 pRRH+astA (reverse) DRH461 with integrated pRRH and reverse orientation promoterless astA; HygR This study
DRH461 pRRA+astA (reverse) DRH461 with integrated pRRA and reverse orientation promoterless astA; AprR This study
DRH461 pRRH+(p)astA (reverse) DRH461 with integrated pRRH and reverse orientation endogenous promoter and astA; HygR This study
DRH461 pRRA+(p)astA (reverse) DRH461 with integrated pRRA and reverse orientation endogenous promoter and astA; AprR This study
Plasmids
pMV261.hyg Source of aph(7″); HygR [29], [30]
p261comp.apra Source of aac(3)IV; AprR [30]
pGEM-T Linearized cloning vector, blue-white screening; ApR Novagen
pBAD24 Low-copy arabinose-inducible expression vector; ApR [31]
pAC1H pBAD24 ligated to aph(7″) amplified with 5631 and 5632; HygR, ApR This study
pAC1A pGEM-T ligated to aac(3)IV amplified with 5633 and 5634; AprR, ApR This study
pRRC C. jejuni vector for genome integration at rRNA loci; CmR [18]
pRRK C. jejuni vector for genome integration at rRNA loci; KanR J. Ketley
pRRH C. jejuni vector for genome integration at rRNA loci; HygR This study
pRRA C. jejuni vector for genome integration at rRNA loci; AprR This study
pGEM-T+astA pGEM-T ligated to astA amplified with 5707 and 5708; ApR This study
pGEM-T+astA::hygR pGEM-T with astA interrupted with aph(7″) from pAC1H; HygR, ApR This study
pGEM-T+astA::aprR pGEM-T with astA interrupted with aac(3)IV from pAC1A; AprR, ApR This study
pRRH+astA pRRH ligated to astA amplified with 0688 and 0689; HygR This study
pRRA+astA pRRA ligated to astA amplified with 0688 and 0689; AprR This study
pRRH+astA (reverse) pRRH ligated to astA amplified with 0690 and 0691; HygR This study
pRRA+astA (reverse) pRRA ligated to astA amplified with 0690 and 0691; AprR This study
pRRH+(p)astA (reverse) pRRH ligated to astA amplified with 0692 and 0691; HygR This study
pRRA+(p)astA (reverse) pRRA ligated to astA amplified with 0692 and 0691; AprR This study