Table 1. Plasmids used in transformation study.

All plasmids were sourced directly from people or organisation listed except pHD1313, which was a kind gift from Prof. Christine Clayton (Universität Heidelberg).

	Name	Ori	Selection	Source/Reference
1	pSB3C5	p15A	Chloramphenicol	BioBrick™ Registry
2	pA0815	pBR322	Ampicillin	Thermo Fisher Cat. No. V18020
3	pHD1313	pUC	Ampicillin	Alibu et al. (2005)
4	pRPGFPSIR2rp3	pUC	Ampicillin	Borg (2015)
5	pUBeK	pUC	Ampicillin	Borg (2015)