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. 2015 Mar 12;81(7):2506–2514. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04023-14

TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this studya

Strain or plasmid Characteristics Source or reference
Strains
    E. coli DH5α F endA1 glnV44 thi-1 recA1 relA1 gyrA96 deoR nupG ϕ80dlacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 hsdR17 (rK mK+) λ TaKaRa
    E. coli MG1655 K-12; F λ rph-1 CGSC 6300
    Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS5005 M1 serotype, wild type ATCC BAA-947
    Tatumella citrea
        DSM 13699 DSMZ
        MGly1 MG1655 ΔcadA::cat This study
        MGly2 MGly1 Δcat::cadAp This study
            1655ΔcadA MG1655 ΔcadA This study
            1655ΔcadAΔmaeAΔmaeB MG1655 ΔcadA ΔmaeA ΔmaeB This study
            1655ΔmaeAΔmaeB MG1655 ΔmaeA ΔmaeB This study
            1655ΔyjcS::ybaS MG1655 ΔyjcS::ybaS This study
            1655ΔyjcS::evgAS MG1655 ΔyjcS::evgAS This study
            1655ΔmaeB::gltPΔmaeA MG1655 ΔmaeB::gltP ΔmaeA This study
            13699ΔtkrA DSM 13699 ΔtkrA This study
            13699ΔtkrAΔglk DSM 13699 ΔtkrA Δglk This study
General plasmids
    pKD46 repA101(Ts) bla araC ParaB-Red 13
    pSU2718 p15A cat 52
    pTrc99A pMB1 bla lacIq 53
    pIJ778 bla aadA FRT 54
    pKD46K repA101(Ts) kan araC ParaB-Red 20
    pTrc99A-spec pMB1 aadA lacIq This study
Crispr-Cas9 system plasmids
    pCas series
        pCB001 p15A cm Pcas-cas9 This study
        pCas repA101(Ts) kan Pcas-cas9 ParaB-Red lacIq Ptrc-sgRNA-pMB1 This study
        pCasΔcas9 repA101(Ts) kan ParaB-Red lacIq Ptrc-sgRNA-pMB1 This study
    pTarget series harboring sgRNAs, with or without donor DNAs
        pTargetF-pMB1 pMB1 aadA sgRNA-pMB1 This study
        pTargetF-cadA pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cadA This study
        pTargetF-kefB pMB1 aadA sgRNA-kefB This study
        pTargetF-yjcS pMB1 aadA sgRNA-yjcS This study
        pTargetF-cat pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cat This study
        pTargetF-kefB-yjcS pMB1 aadA sgRNA-kefB, sgRNA-yjcS This study
        pTargetF-cadAp pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cadAp This study
        pTargetTΔR-ΔcadAp pMB1 aadA ΔcadAp (430 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔcadAp pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cadAp ΔcadAp (430 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔcadA pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cadA ΔcadA (804 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔmaeA pMB1 aadA, sgRNA-maeA ΔmaeA (708 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔmaeB pMB1 aadA sgRNA-maeB ΔmaeB (829 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔmaeAΔmaeB pMB1 aadA sgRNA-maeA, ΔmaeA (708 bp) sgRNA-maeB ΔmaeB (829 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔcadAΔmaeAΔmaeB pMB1 aadA sgRNA-cadA ΔcadA (804 bp) sgRNA-maeA ΔmaeA (708 bp) sgRNA-maeB ΔmaeB (829 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔyjcS::ybaS pMB1 aadA sgRNA-yjcS ΔyjcS (733 bp):: ybaS (1.3 kb) This study
        pTargetT-ΔyjcS::evgAS pMB1 aadA sgRNA-yjcS ΔyjcS (733bp):: evgAS (4.5 kb) This study
        pTargetT-ΔmaeB::gltP pMB1 aadA sgRNA-maeB ΔmaeB (829 bp)::gltP (1.7 kb) This study
        pTargetT-ΔmaeB::gltP ΔmaeA pMB1 aadA sgRNA-maeB ΔmaeB (829 bp)::gltP (1.7 kb) sgRNA-maeA ΔmaeA (708 bp) This study
        pTargetT-ΔtkrA pMB1 aadA sgRNA-tkrA ΔtkrA (978 bp) This study
        pTargetT-Δglk pMB1 aadA sgRNA-glk Δglk (963 bp) This study
a

bla, ampicillin resistance gene; kan, kanamycin resistance gene; aadA, spectinomycin resistance gene; cat, chloramphenicol resistance gene; Pcas-cas9, the cas9 gene with its native promoter; ParaB-Red, the Red recombination genes with an arabinose-inducible promoter; Ptrc-sgRNA-pMB1, sgRNA with an N20 sequence for targeting the pMB1 region with a trc promoter; sgRNA-cadA, sgRNA with an N20 sequence for targeting the cadA locus; sgRNA-cadAp, sgRNA with an N20 sequence for targeting the partial cadA fragment inserted inside the heterologous cat loci of strain MGly2. ΔcadA (804 bp), editing template with an 804-bp region homologous to the cadA locus; ΔcadAp (430 bp), editing template with a 430-bp region homologous to the partial cadA fragment inserted inside the heterologous cat loci of strain MGly2; ΔmaeA (708 bp), editing template with an 804-bp region homologous to the maeA locus; ΔyjcS (733 bp)::ybaS (1.3 kb), editing template with an 804-bp region homologous to the yjcS locus with a 1.3-kb ybaS insertion; ΔyjcS (733 bp)::evgAS (4.5 kb), editing template with a 733-bp region homologous to the yjcS locus with a 4.5-kb evgAS insertion; ΔmaeB (829 bp)::gltP (1.7 kb), editing template with an 829-bp region homologous to the maeB locus with a 1.7-kb gltP insertion.