TABLE 1.

List of wild type and related mutant strains of B. cereus ATCC 14579 and B. anthracis

aa, amino acids.

Strains and plasmids	Description	Ref.
B. cereus ATCC 14579	Wild-type strain
ATCC 14579 ΔbclA ΔexsH	Kanr Tetr; bclA::kan and exsH::tet deletions	7
B. anthracis 9131	The B. anthracis Sterne plasmidless strain obtained by curing RP31 of pXO1 Y	54
pHT304 bclA ATCC 14579	Ampr Eryr; plasmids containing the bclA gene and 317 bp upstream and 138 bp downstream; used for complementation	7
pYL304	Ampr Eryr,; plasmids expressing a BclA protein of 189 aa with the CTD deleted; bclA-ΔCT	7