Table 1.
Strains used in this study.
| Strain name | Background | Genome description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacillus subtilis strains | |||
| PS-31 | Undomesticated strain | Stefanic and Mandic-Mulec, 2009 | |
| PS-53 | Undomesticated strain | Stefanic and Mandic-Mulec, 2009 | |
| PS-196 | Undomesticated strain | Stefanic and Mandic-Mulec, 2009 | |
| PS-216 | Undomesticated strain | Stefanic and Mandic-Mulec, 2009 | |
| PS-218 | Undomesticated strain | Stefanic and Mandic-Mulec, 2009 | |
| BD2876 | 168 | his leu met srfA-lacZ (tet) comQ::kan | Tortosa et al., 2001 |
| BD2962 | 168 | his met srfA-lacZ (tet) amyE::xylR Pxyl-comK (cat) (comQ::pED345 comX comP replaced by genes from B. mojavensis RO-H-1) | Tortosa et al., 2001 |
| BD3019 | 168 | his leu met srfA-lacZ (tet) amyE::xylR Pxyl-comK (cat) (comQ::pED375 comX comP replaced by genes from B. subtilis RS-D-)2 | Ansaldi et al., 2002 |
| BM1289 | PS-31 | comQ::pED345 (spec) | This work |
| BM1290 | PS-53 | comQ::pED345 (spec) | This work |
| BM1291 | PS-196 | comQ::pED375 (spec) | This work |
| BM1292 | PS-218 | comQ::pED375 (spec) | This work |
| BM1400 | PS-216 | comQ::kan | This work |
| BM1402 | PS-216 | comP::cat | Oslizlo et al., 2014 |
| BM1127 | PS-216 | ΔcomQ marker less | This work |
| BM1133 | PS-216 | degQ::tet | This work |
| BM1445 | PS-216 | ΔcomQ degQ::tet | This work |
| BM1142 | PS-216 | PaprE-gfp (cm) | This work |
| BM1144 | PS-216 | degQ::tet PaprE-gfp (cm) | This work |
| O8G57 | 168 | PaprE-gfp (cm) | Veening et al., 2008 |
| BM1443 | PS-216 | ΔcomQ PaprE-gfp (cm) | This work |
| BM1448 | PS-216 | ΔcomQ degQ::tet PaprE-gfp (cm) | This work |
| DL722 | 3610 | amyE::PsrfAA-yfp (spec) | López et al., 2009 |
| BM1456 | PS-216 | comQ::kan amyE::PsrfAA-yfp (spec) | This work |
| BD7123 | 168 | degQ::tet PcomGA-luc (cm) | Miras and Dubnau, 2016 |
| Escherichia coli strains | |||
| ED367 | BL21 (DE3) | pET22(b) – comQ comX from B. subtilis 168 (amp) | Ansaldi et al., 2002 |
| DE553 | pMiniMAD2 oriBsTs amp mls | Parashar et al., 2013 | |