Table 1.

Bacterial strains, plasmids, and primers used in this study.

Strain	Characteristic or genotype	Sources
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14	propagating strain for bacteriophages CP_F1, CP220	National Collection of Type Cultures
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14 ΔflaA	ΔflaA::Kan	This study
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14 ΔflaAB	ΔflaAB::Kan	This study
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14 kpsM	kpsM::Kan	This study
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14 flaB	flaB::Kan	This study
C. jejuni NCTC12662 PT14 flaB, 0046::flaB	flaB::Kan, 00230::flaB cat	This study
C. jejuni NCTC11168H flaA	ΔflaA::Kan	Jones et al., 2004
C. jejuni NCTC11168 flaAB	ΔflaAB::Kan	M. Jones Univ of Nottingham
C. jejuni NCTC11168 flaB	flaB::Kan	M. Jones Univ of Nottingham
C. jejuni NCTC11168 kpsM	kpsM::Kan	Karlyshev et al., 2000
E. coli TOP10	Plasmid propagation strain	Invitrogen
PLASMIDS	CHARACTERISTIC
pCfdxA	cj0046::cat	Gaskin et al., 2007
pC_flaB	cj0046::flaB cat	This study
PRIMERS	NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE
flaA_fw	GATTGCACGATATAGCATTTAACAAG
flaA_rv	TCTAAACTAGGCTTGGATTTGTA
flaA_int_fw	AGGACTTGGAGCTTTAGCAGATGAGAT
flaA_int_rv	CGGCAGTATTAGCATCAAGCTGTC
flaA_i5′_rv	GTAAGATACCTAAAGCATCGTTAC
flaB_fw	GCCATGGCACAGGCTAATTC
flaB_rv	GGGTTTATGCACACGAAGCTTTGATAG
flaB_int_fw	AACGACCATAATTTTCCATCATATTTG
flaB_int_rv	GGTGAAGTGCAATTTACTCTTAAAAATTAC
kpsM_fw	AAGGTGTGCAAGCTAAGGCCGAGTT
kpsT_rv	GATCTCCAACAGCTCCTGCTTCAT
flaB_NgoMIV_fw	CGGCCGGCACAAATCCAAGCCTAGTTTAGAA*
flaB_BsmBI_rv	AACGTCTCACATGGACGAAGCTTTGATAGAAAATATCAT*
cj0046_fw	GCTCTTAGTGGCATTACCACTACC
cj0046_rv	GCCACACTAGTCGCATCAAGAGAA

^*Restriction sites are underlined.