Table 3. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain or plasmid	Description and/or relevant genotype	Reference or source
Strains
E. coli
S17–1(λpir)	Tpr Smr, recA ths hsdRM +, λpir phage lysogen RP4::Mu::Km Tn7	[23, 25]
DH5α	F-, φ 80dlacZ ΔM15, Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169, deoR, recA1, endA1, hsdR17 (rK -, mK +), phoA, supE44, λ -, thi-1, gyrA96, relA1; Host of plasmid pRK2013	Our lab
HB101	supE44, △ (mcrC-mrr), recA13, ara-14, proA2, lacY1, galK2, rpsL20, xyl-5, mtl-1, leuB6, thi-1; host of plasmid pBBR1MCS-5	Our lab
Pseudoalteromonas sp.
Rf-1	Wild type; spontaneously resistant to rifampicin	This study
B3	mutant with increased LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B21	mutant with increased LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B22	mutant with increased LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B9	mutant with reduced LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B10	mutant with reduced LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B11	mutant with reduced LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B17	mutant with reduced LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B20	mutant with reduced LAAO activity; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B1	LAAO-deficient mutant ; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B6	LAAO-deficient mutant; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B12	LAAO-deficient mutant; Rifr, Kmr	This study
B19	LAAO-deficient mutant; Rifr, Kmr	This study
Plasmids
pLOF/Km	Ori R6K, mob RP4, Apr, mini-Tn10 Kmr; delivery vector	[24]
pBBR1MCS-5	Rep, LacZ, Gmr; delivery vector for complementation	[28]
pRK2013	Derivative of IncP-1 plasmid RK2, Tra +, ColE1, oriT, Kmr; assistant plasmid for complementation	[29]