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. 2015 Oct 20;11(10):e1005222. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005222

Table 1. Plasmids and bacterial strains.

Plasmid or strain Relevant features Source
Plasmids
pPlaTmp pPla plasmid of Y. pestis CO92 containing a dfr cassette; TmpR [21]
pPlaD206A pPlaTmp with a nucleotide mutation at position 206 that abrogates the proteolytic activity of Pla This study
pGP704N-Km Suicide vector, AmpR, KmR [43]
pPlaKm pPlaTmp plasmid containing a kanamycin cassette inserted into the dfr gene; KmR, TmpS. This study
pKOBEG-sacB repA cat araC pBAD exo bet gam sacB, CmR [42]
Y. pestis
Yp.wt Wild type Y. pestis strain 6/69, biotype Orientalis [50]
Yp(ΔPla) 6/69 cured of the pPla plasmid [43]
Yp(PlaD206A) pPlaD206A introduced into Yp(ΔPla) by electroporation This study
Yp(pKOBEG-sacB) (pPlaTmp) Y. pestis CO92 strain (biotype Orientalis) containing the pKOBEG-sacB and the pPlaTmp plasmid [21]
Yp(PlaD206A)(pPlaKm) Yp(PlaD206A) complemented with pPlaKm to restore the proteolytic activity of Pla This study
Y. pseudotuberculosis
Yptb* Y. pseudotuberculosis IP32953 in which O-antigen expression has been abrogated by deletion of the gmd and fcl loci. [21]
Yptb*(Pla) pPlaTmp introduced into Yptb* by electroporation [21]