TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study^a

Strain or plasmid	Relevant characteristic(s)	Source or reference
Strains
E. coli JM110	dam and dcm mutant; host for vector preparation	Stratagene
K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae ATCC 12657	Genomic DNA for gldA, mdh, and fumC	ATCC
P. jensenii ATCC 4868	Host for gene expression and PA production	ATCC
Plasmids
pZGX04	Shuttle vector between P. jensenii and E. coli; Ampr Cmr	13
pZGX04-gldA	gldA-overexpressing plasmid	13
pZGX04-mdh	mdh-overexpressing plasmid	This work
pZGX04-fumC	fumC-overexpressing plasmid	This work
pZGX04-gldA-mdh	gldA- and mdh-overexpressing plasmid	This work
pZGX04-gldA-fumC	gldA- and fumC-overexpressing plasmid	This work
pZGX04-mdh-fumC	mdh- and fumC-overexpressing plasmid	This work

^aAmp^r, ampicillin selection; Cm^r, chloramphenicol selection; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA.