Table 3. Bacterial strains used in this study.
| Description/characteristics | Source | |
| Strain | ||
| B. anthracis | ||
| Vollum | ATCC 14578 | IIBR collection |
| VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlef | Complete deletion of the pag, lef and cya genes | [2] |
| VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlefΔatxA | Complete deletion of the atxA gene in the VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlef mutant | |
| VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlef | Complete deletion of the bslA gene in the VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlef mutant | |
| VollumΔpXO1BA2805::atxA | Genome insertion of the atxA gene replacing major parts of the PlyPH (BA2805) [22] in the VollumΔpXO1 | [3] |
| VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlefΔpXO2 | Curing of the pXO2 plasmid in the VollumΔpagΔcyaΔlef mutant | |
| VollumΔpXO1 | Vollum pXO1-, pXO2+ | IIBR Collection |
| VollumΔpXO2 | Vollum pXO1+, pXO2- | IIBR Collection |
| VollumΔpXO1ΔpXO2 | Vollum pXO1-, pXO2- | IIBR Collection |