Table 2.

The List of Strains and Plasmids Used in This Work.

	Genotype or Relevant Characteristics	Source
Strains
BW25113	rrnB3 ΔlacZ4787 hsdR514 Δ(araBAD)567 Δ(rhaBAD)568 rph-1	Baba et al. (2006)
	Same as
ΔtonB	BW25113, ΔtonB, KanR
Δfur	BW25113, Δfur (removed Kan cassette)	Baba et al. (2006); this work
ΔfurΔtonB	Δfur, ΔtonB	This work
ΔfurΔdinB	Δfur, ΔdinB	This work
ΔfurΔdinBΔumuDC	ΔfurΔdinB, ΔumuD, ΔumuC	This work
ΔsodAB	BW25113, ΔsodA, ΔsodB	Baba et al. (2006); this work
ΔsodABΔtonB	ΔsodAB, ΔtonB	This work
Plasmids
pZE31	High copy, ColE1, PLtetO-1, CmR	Lutz and Bujard (1997)
pZE31_Bfr	pZE31, inserted ORF of Bfr	This work
pZE31_FtnA	pZE31, inserted ORF of FtnA	This work
pZE31_MutS	pZE31, inserted ORF of MutS	This work
pUA66	Low copy, pSC101 Ori, KanR	Zaslaver et al. (2006)
pUA66_oxyR	pUA66, inserted promoter region of oxyR	Zaslaver et al. (2006)
pUA66_katG	pUA66, inserted promoter region of katG	Zaslaver et al. (2006)
pUA66_ahpC	pUA66, inserted promoter region of ahpC	Zaslaver et al. (2006)
pUA66_soxS	pUA66, inserted promoter region of soxS	Zaslaver et al. (2006)

Note.—KanR, kanamycin resistance; CmR, chloramphenicol resistance.