Table 1.

Archaeal strains and plasmids used in this work.

Source/Reference	Description	Strain/plasmid
T. Allers	H. volcaniiΔhdrB	H729
T. Allers	H. volcaniiΔpyrE2ΔtrpA	H53
Abu-Qarn et al., 2007		H. volcanii ΔaglB
This study		H. volcanii ΔaglBΔagl15
Abu-Qarn et al., 2007		H. volcanii ΔaglD
Ortenberg et al., 2000	Resistance to novobiocin	pWL-nov
Lam and Doolittle, 1989	Resistance to mevinolin	pWL-102