Table 2.
Strains used in this study.
| Name | Relevant information | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bt (pHT304) | Bt 407- carrying the empty pHT304 vector and used as a Fluorescence- control. | This study |
| Bt (pPx) | Bt 407- carrying the empty pPx vector and used as a Fluorescence- control. | This study |
| Bt (pPx’sfgfp) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between the xylose-inducible promoter of xylA and sfgfp. | This study |
| Bt (pPx’gfpBt) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between the xylose-inducible promoter of xylA and the B. thuringiensis codon-optimized gfpBt. | This study |
| Bt (pPx+’gfpBt) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between Pxyl+ and the B. thuringiensis codon-optimized gfpBt. | This study |
| Bt (pPx’gfpBte) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between Pxyl+ and the B. thuringiensis codon-optimized gfpBt to which the sequence encoding the first eight amino acids of comGA have been added. | This study |
| Bt (pPx’gfpBteLAA/ LVA/AAV/ASV) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between Pxyl+ and gfpBte to which a degradation tag has been added. | This study |
| Bt (pPabrB’gfpBteAAV) | Bt 407- in which we measure the activity of the promoter of abrB using a reporter gene encoding an unstable GFP. | This study |
| Bt (pPnprA’mcherryLGC) | Bt 407- in which we measure the activity of the promoter of nprA using the mcherry reporter gene. | Verplaetse et al., 2015 |
| Bt (pPabrB’gfpBteAAV-PnprA’mcherryLGC) | Bt 407- in which we measure the activity of the promoter of abrB, using a reporter gene encoding an unstable GFP, as well as the activity of the promoter of nprA, using mcherry. | This study |
| Bt (pPaphA3’sfgfp) | Bt 407- used to measure the fluorescence generated by the transcriptional fusion between the promoter of aphA3 and sfgfp. | This study |