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. 2016 Sep 6;11(9):e0162391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162391

Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain or plasmid Relevant characteristics Reference
E. coli K12 strains
MG1655 K-12 reference strain [42, 43]
BL21 (DE3) F–ompT hsdSB(rB–, mB–) gal dcm (DE3) Stratagene
Clinical UPEC collection 18 strains randomly selected from a collection of isolates from patients with urosepsis This study
ExPEC strains
536 UPEC pyelonephritis isolate [5, 44]
536fis 536fis::kan; Kanr This study
536fis(pFis) 536fis::kan + pFis; Kanr Cmr This study
EC958 ST131 UPEC isolate [4547]
EC958hns EC958hns::cm; Cmr This study
EC958hns(pHNS) EC958hns pHNS; Cmr This study
EC958fis EC958fis::cm; Cmr This study
EC958fis(pFis) EC958fis pFis; Cmr This study
IHE3034 NMEC isolate [20, 48]
IHE3034sslE IHE3034sslE::kan; Kanr This study
IHE3034hns IHE3034hns::kan; Kanr This study
IHE3034hns(pHNS) IHE3034hns::kan pHNS; Kanr Ampr This study
IHE3034fis IHE3034fis::kan; Kanr This study
IHE3034fis(pFis) IHE3034fis::kan pFis; Kanr Cmr This study
UTI89 UPEC cystitis isolate [49, 50]
UTI89sslE UTI89sslE::kan; Kanr This study
UTI89hns UTI89hns::kan; Kanr This study
UTI89hns(pHNS) UTI89hns::kan pHNS; Kanr Ampr This study
UTI89fis UTI89fis::kan; Kanr This study
UTI89fis(pFis) UTI89fis::kan pFis; Kanr Cmr This study
UTI89typA UTI89typA::kan; Kanr This study
UTI89typA(pTypA) UTI89typA::kan pTypA; Kanr Cmr This study
UTI89lacI-Z UTI89lacI-Z::gfp This study
UTI89lacI-Z sslE::lacZ UTI89lacI-Z::gfp sslE::lacZ This study
UTI89lacI-Z fis UTI89lacI-Z::gfp fis::kan; Kanr This study
Plasmids
pKD3 Template plasmid for cm gene amplification [51]
pKD4 Template plasmid for kan gene amplification [51]
pKD46 λ-red recombinase expressing plasmid [51]
pCP20 FLP expressing plasmid [52]
pMCSG7 Ligation-independent 6xHis tag cloning vector [53]
pHNS pBR322 cloned with hns gene [35]
pSU2718 pACYC184-derived cloning plasmid [54]
pHNS-cm pSU2718 cloned with hns gene This study
pTW26 pSU2718 modified with a xhoI site inserted at original HincII site This study
pFis dusB-fis operon cloned in pTW26 This study
pTypA typA gene cloned in pTW26 This study
pQF50 Promoterless lacZ reporter plasmid [55]
pQF50-sslE sslE promoter region cloned in pQF50 This study
pQF50-sslEM1 pQF50-sslE with 2 nucleotide mutations in F1 This study
pQF50-sslEM2 pQF50-sslE with 3 nucleotide mutations in F2 This study
pQF50-sslEM3 pQF50-sslE with 5 nucleotide mutations in F1 and F2 This study