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. 2014 Aug 11;9(8):e104313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104313

Table 2. Bacterial strains used in this study.

Bacterial strain Description Source or Reference
B. pseudomallei 1909a Clinical isolate from sputum of 34-year-old male with diabetes mellitus who is a rice farmer in Ubonratchathani province, Thailand Kindly provided by Dr. Narisara Chantratita, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
B. pseudomallei K96243 Clinical isolate from a patient admitted to Khon Kaen provincial hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand [21]
B. pseudomallei K96243 bprD mutant K96243 derivative; DbprD; Tcr This study
B. pseudomallei K96243 bprD complemented bprD mutant carrying pBBR1MCSbprD; Tcr Cmr This study
B. pseudomallei K96243 bprD clean mutant K96243 derivative; DbprD This study
E. coli DH5α General cloning [46]
E. coli SM10lpir Mobilizing strain, SM10 with a l prophage carrying the gene encoding the π protein; Cms Tcs Gms Kmr Tps Pxs [47]
E. coli S17-llpir Mobilizing strain, S17-1 with a l prophage carrying the gene encoding the π protein; Cms Tcs Gms Kms Tpr Pxs Smr [49]

Cm, chloramphenicol; Gm, gentamicin; Ap, ampicillin; Tc, tetracycline; Km, kanamycin; Tp, Trimethoprim; Px, polymyxin; Sm, streptomycin; r  =  resistance; s  =  sensitive.