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. 2016 Jan 6;11(1):e0144447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144447

Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids.

Strain/plasmid Relevant characteristics Source/reference
Strains
E. coli
DH5α Φ80 lacZΔM15 Δ (lacZYA-argF) U169 hsdR17 recA1endA1 thi-1 Lab collection
SM10 F- thi-1 thr-1 leuB6 recA tonA21 lacY1 supE44(MuC+) λ- Kmr Lab collection
P. aeruginosa
PAO1 Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid and its derivatives producer, Wild type, AprSpr Lab collection
Δphz1 phz1 locus deleted and inserted with aacC1, SprGmr This study
Δphz2 phz2 locus deleted and inserted with aph, SprKmr This study
Δphz1phz2 phz1 deleted and inserted with aacC1, phz2 deleted and inserted with aph, simultaneously, GmrKmr This study
ΔphzA2Z the partial phzA2B2 deleted and chromosomally fused with the truncated lacZ in frame, Spr This study
Δphz1phzA2Z phz1deleted and inserted with aacC1 in the mutant ΔphzA2Z, SprGmr This study
ΔphzA1Z the partial phzA1B1 deleted and chromosomally fused with the truncated lacZ in frame, Spr This study
ΔphzA1Zphz2 phz2 deleted and inserted with aph in the mutant ΔphzA1Z, SprKmr This study
Plasmids
pBluescript II SK Clone vector, ColE, Apr Stratagene
pGEM-T T-vector, ColE, Apr Promega
pEX18Tc Gene replacement vector with MCS from pUC18, oriT+ sacB+, Tcr [39]
pEXZ1 pEX18Tc containing a 2.0-kb phz1-flanking PCR fragment, Tcr This study
pEXZ1G A 2.0-kb phz1-flanking PCR fragment inserted with aacC1 in pEX18Tc, TcrGmr This study
pEXZ1Z A 2.4-kb phzA1B1-deleted PCR fragment cloned in pEX18Tc, Tcr This study
pEXZ1Zlac A 2.4-kb phzA1B1-deleted PCR fragment fused in frame with the truncated lacZ in pEX18Tc, Tcr This study
pEXZ2 pEX18Tc containing a 3.0-kb phz2-flanking PCR fragment, Tcr This study
pEXZ2K A 3.0-kb phz1-flanking PCR fragment inserted with aph in pEX18Tc, TcrKmr This study
pEXZ2Z A 2.5-kb phzA2B2-deleted PCR fragment cloned in pEX18Tc, Tcr This study
pEXZ2Zlac A 2.5-kb phzA2B2-deleted PCR fragment fused in frame with the truncated lacZ in pEX18Tc, Tcr This study
pME10Z1 pME6010 containing a 6.9-kb phz1 cluster, Tcr This study
pME10Z2 pME6010 containing a 6.8-kb phz2 cluster, Tcr This study
pME15Z1 A 0.9-kb phz1 upstream fragment and a translational phzA1′-′ lacZ fusion with first 8 phzA1 codons in pME6015, Tcr This study
pME15Z2 A 0.9-kb phz2 upstream fragment and a translational phzA2′-′ lacZ fusion with first 8 phzA2 codons in pME6015, Tcr This study
pME22Z1 pME6522 carrying a 902-bp upstream region of phz1 (from -902 to +1) and transcriptional fusion phz1-lacZ, Tcr This study
pME22Z2 pME6522 carrying a 517-bp upstream region of phz2 (from -517 to +1) and transcriptional fusion phz2 -lacZ, Tcr This study
pME6010 Low capy vector in Pseudomonas sp., Tcr [43]
pME6015 pVS1-p15A shuttle vector for translational lacZ fusion, Tcr [43]
pME6522 pVS1-p15A shuttle vector for transcriptional lacZ fusion and promoter probing, Tcr [44]
pNM481 lacZ fusion vector, Apr [45]
pNM482 lacZ fusion vector, Apr [45]
pUC18-19Km ColE, aph, kanamycin resistance cassette flanked with multiple restriction sites, AprKmr [42]
pUCGm ColE, aacC, gentamycin resistance cassette flanked with multiple restriction sites, AprGmr [40]