Table 1.

Strains used in the study.

Strain	Genotype	Reference, Source, or Construction
DK1042	3610 comIQ12I	[20]
TB500	3610 comIQ12I amyE::Physperpank-gfp(specR)	pTB497 → DK1042
TB602	3610 comIQ12I ΔtasA::specR	TB163 [11] → DK1042
TB277	3610 comIQ12I ΔsrfAA::Cm	RG551 [11] → DK1042
TB530	3610 comIQ12I Δhag::neo	TB24 [11] → TB500
TB524	3610 comIQ12I ΔepsA-O::tetR	DL1032 [24] → TB500
TB526	3610 comIQ12I ΔbslA::cmR	NRS 2097 [25] → TB500
TB398	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinA::mlsR	JH12638 [11] → DK1042
TB399	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinB::tetR	JH19980 [11] → DK1042
TB400	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinC::specR	BAL393 [11] → DK1042
TB401	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinD::cmR	BAL691 [11] → DK1042
TB402	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinE::cmR	BAL692 [11] → DK1042
TB672	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinB::tetR ΔkinC::specR	TB400 → TB399
TB656	3610 comIQ12I ΔkinC::specR ΔkinD::cmR	TB400 → TB401
TB671	3610 comIQ12I ΔdegU::neoR	ΔdegU [26]→ DK1042
TB51	3610 comIQ12I ΔlcfA::mlsR	MW2 [27] → DK1042
TB363	3610 comIQ12I sacA::PepsA-gfp(neoR)	[28]
TB373	3610 comIQ12I sacA::PtapA-gfp(neoR)	[28]
TB685	3610 comIQ12I amyE::PbslA-gfp(cmR)	pTB670 → DK1042
TB740	3610 comIQ12I PsrfAA-gfp(specR)	BD4720 [29] → DK1042