Table 2. Strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strains and plasmids	Relevant genotype and characteristics	Source
Strains
B. amyloliquefaciens LL3	wild type	(9)
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-ΔLP	NK-1 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This lab
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-1	LL3 derivative, ΔpMC1, Δupp	(42)
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-1	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-2	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-3	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr, Δepr	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-4	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr, Δepr, Δmpr	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-5	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr, Δepr, Δmpr, Δvpr	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-6	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr, Δepr, Δmpr, Δvpr, ΔnprE	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-P-7	NK-1 derivative, ΔtasA, Δbpr, Δepr, Δmpr, Δvpr, ΔnprE, ΔaprE	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-1	NK-P-1 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-2	NK-P-2 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-3	NK-P-3 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-4	NK-P-4 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-5	NK-P-5 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-6	NK-P-6 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
B. amyloliquefaciens NK-Q-7	NK-P-7 derivative, ΔpgsBCA	This work
E. coli DH5α	F−, φ80dlacZΔM1, Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, deoR, recA1, endA1, hsdR17(rk−, mk+), phoA, supE44, λ− thi-1, gyrA96, relA1	This lab
E. coli GM2163	F−, ara-14 leuB6 thi-1 fhuA31 lacY1 tsx-78 galK2 galT22 supE44 hisG4 rpsL 136 (Strr) xyl-5 mtl-1 dam13::Tn9 (Camr) dcm-6 mcrB1 hsdR2 mcrA	This lab
Plasmids
pKSV7	Shuttle vector, temperature-sensitive (ts) replication origin, Ampr (gram-negative) and Cmr (gram-positive)	(45)
p-KSU	pKSV7-derivation with upp gene	(46)
pKSV7-△LP	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of pgs operon	This lab
pKSV7-△tasA	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of tasA	This work
pKSV7-△bpr	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of bpr	This work
pKSV7-△epr	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of epr	This work
pKSV7-△mpr	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of mpr	This work
pKSV7-△vpr	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of vpr	This work
pKSV7-△nprE	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of nprE	This work
pKSV7-△aprE	p-KSU-derivation with deletion fragment of aprE	This work