Table 1.
Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.
| Strain or plasmid | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e | Wild type | Glaser et al., 2001 |
| DH10β | Electrocompetent | Life technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA |
| Δlmo1119 | lmo1119 isogenic deletion mutant | This study |
| Δlmo2316 | lmo2316 isogenic deletion mutant | This study |
| Δlmo1119/lmo2316 | lmo1119 and lmo2316 isogenic double deletion mutant | This study |
| pCR2.1-TOPO | single 3′-thymidine (T) overhangs for TA Cloning® 3.9 kb | Life technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA |
| pAUL-A | Temperature sensitive shuttle vector 9.2 kb | Schäferkordt and Chakraborty, 1995 |