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. 2017 Oct 26;13(10):e1007077. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007077

Table 1. List and construction of all bacterial strains of this study.

Strain Genotype Source / Description / Construction
Escherichia coli
Novablue endA1 hsdR17 (rK12 mK12+) supE44 thi-1 recA1 gyrA96 relA1 lac F′[proA+B+ lacIqZΔM15::Tn10] our laboratory collection; standard cloning strain
DB3.1 F- gyrA462 endA1 glnV44 Δ(sr1-recA) mcrB mrr hsdS20(rB-, mB-) ara14 galK2 lacY1 proA2 rpsL20 xyl5 Δleu mtl1 our laboratory collection; CcdB-resistant cloning strain
W1872 F+ λ Coli Genetic Stock Center; harbors wildtype F-plasmid
E. coli K-12 MG1655 FλilvGrfb-50 rph-1 our laboratory collection; K-12 wildtype strain
BW25113 F- Δ(araD-araB)567 ΔlacZ4787(::rrnB-3) λ- rph-1 Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568 hsdR514 our laboratory collection; commonly used lab strain derivative of K-12 MG1655 (deficient in EcoKI restriction)
MFDpir RP4-2-Tc::[ΔMu1::aac(3)IV-ΔaphA-Δnic35-ΔMu2::zeo] ΔdapA::(erm-pir) ΔrecA Didier Mazel [63]; conjugation donor strain with chromosomal RP4 T4SS (derivative of K-12 MG1655)
JKE170 MFDpir ΔmcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) this study; derivative of MFDpir lacking all type IV restriction systems
JKE201 MFDpir ΔmcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) aac(3)IV::lacIq this study; derivative of MFDpir lacking EcoKI, the three type IV restriction systems, restored gentamicin sensitivity, harboring lacIq allele
Bartonella henselae
B. henselae Houston-1 RSE247 rpsL our laboratory collection [60]; commonly used B. henselae laboratory strain
… MQ759 rpsL Δ(BH13960-BH13970) our laboratory collection [64]; derivative of RSE247 deficient in production of BaGTA particles
… AHB0110 rpsL Δ(BH13960-BH13970) gyrA(G283A) this study; ciprofloxacin-resistant derivative of MQ759 (carrying D95N mutation in GyrA)
… AHB0130 rpsL Δ(BH13960-BH13970) gyrA(G283A) CRAfT_v8.1 this study; pool of ca. 50 colonies from a transposition of CRAfT sensor transposon CRAfT_v8.1 into AHB0110
… MFE137 rpsL ΔtrwE, ΔvirB2-11 our laboratory collection [65]; derivative of RSE247 deficient in VirB T4SS and Trw T4SS
… AHB0127 rpsL ΔtrwE, ΔvirB2-11 pVbh#2 pAH183_cre this study; derivative of MFE137 harboring pVbh#2 and a plasmid encoding the Cre control for CRAfT
… AHB0128 rpsL ΔtrwE, ΔvirB2-11 pVbh#2 pAH183_cre-traA this study; derivative of MFE137 harboring pVbh#2 and a plasmid encoding the Cre-TraA relaxase fusion for CRAfT
… AHB0129 rpsL ΔtrwE, ΔvirB2-11 pVbh#2 pAH183_cre-vbhT(H136A) this study; derivative of MFE137 harboring pVbh#2 and a plasmid encoding the Cre-VbhT(H136A) fusion for CRAfT
… PEE0403 rpsL ΔtrwE, ΔvirB2-11 pCD353 this study; derivative of MFE137 carrying pCD353
Bartonella schoenbuchensis
B. schoenbuchensis R1 CHDE366 pVbh our laboratory collection [58]; wildtype strain
… MLE0119 pVbh#2 this study; derivative of CHDE366 with gentamicin resistance cassette on pVbh (“pVbh#2”)
… PEE0352 rpsL; pVbh#2 this study; spontaneous streptomycin-resistant mutant of MLE0119
… PEE0370 rpsL; pVbh#2 ΔvbhB4 this study; derivative of PEE0352 with scarless deletion of vbhB4
… PEE0436 rpsL; pVbh#2 ΔtraA this study; derivative of PEE0352 with scarless deletion of an N-terminal part of the TraA relaxase