Key resources table.
| Reagent type (species)  or resource  | 
Designation | Source or reference | Identifiers | Additional information | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron)  | 
VPI 5482 [CIP 104206T,  E50, NCTC 10582]  | 
ATCC | ATCC 29148 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides caccae)  | 
VPI 3452A  [CIP 104201T, JCM 9498]  | 
ATCC | ATCC 43185 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides ovatus)  | 
[NCTC 11153] | ATCC | ATCC 8483 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides vulgatus)  | 
[NCTC 11154] | ATCC | ATCC 8482 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides uniformis)  | 
Not applicable | ATCC | ATCC 8492 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Parabacteroides distasonis)  | 
[NCTC 11152] | ATCC | ATCC 8503 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides fragilis)  | 
VPI 2553  [EN-2; NCTC 9343]  | 
ATCC | ATCC 25285 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Parabacteroides merdae)  | 
VPI T4-1  [CIP 104202T, JCM 9497]  | 
ATCC | ATCC 43184 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides eggerthii)  | 
Not applicable | DSMZ | DSM-20697 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides finegoldii)  | 
199 | DSMZ | DSM-17565 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides dorei)  | 
175 | DSMZ | DSM-17855 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides dorei)  | 
5_1_36/D4 | BEI | HM-29 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
1_1_6 | BEI | HM-23 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
9_1_42FAA | BEI | HM-27 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
D2 | BEI | HM-28 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
3_1_19 | BEI | HM-19 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
2_1_16 | BEI | HM-58 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Parabacteroides sp.)  | 
20_3 (Deposited as  Bacteroides sp., Strain 20_3)  | 
BEI | HM-166 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides sp.)  | 
2_1_22 | BEI | HM-18 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Bacteroides fragilis)  | 
638R | Other | Gift from Seth  Rakoff-Nahoum, Boston Children's Hospital  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (Lactobacillus plantarum)  | 
NCIMB 8826  [Hayward 3A, WCFS1]  | 
ATCC | BAA-793 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Clostridium perfringens)  | 
NCTC 8237 [ATCC 19408,  CIP 103 409, CN 1491, NCIB 6125, NCTC 6125, S 107]  | 
ATCC | ATCC 13124 | |
| Strain, strain background  (Escherichia coli S17-1 λ pir)  | 
E. coli S17-1 λ pir | Other | Gift from Michael Fischbach,  Stanford University  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 Δtdk)  | 
Bt WT | Other | Gift from Michael Fischbach,  Stanford University  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 ΔtdkΔ2086)  | 
BtΔ2086 | This paper | See Materials and methods,  ‘Construction of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron knockout mutants’  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 ΔtdkΔ1259)  | 
BtΔ1259 | This paper | See Materials and methods,  ‘Construction of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron knockout mutants’  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 Δtdk Δ2086 pNBU2_erm_us1311_BT2086)  | 
BtΔ2086,2086+ | This paper | See Materials and methods,  ‘Construction of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron complementation strains’  | 
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| Strain, strain background  (B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482 Δtdk Δ2086 pNBU2_erm_us1311_CTRL)  | 
BtΔ2086,CTRL+ | This paper | See Materials and methods, ‘  Construction of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron complementation strains’  | 
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| Recombinant DNA reagent | pExchange-tdk  (plasmid)  | 
PMID: 18611383 | ||
| Recombinant DNA reagent | pNBU2_erm_us1311  (plasmid)  | 
PMID: 25574022 | ||
| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT2086_UF | Eurofins Genomics | GAA AGA AGA TAA CAT TCG AGT  CGA CAT CCA AAC CCA GTG TGA ACT  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT2086_UR | Eurofins Genomics | CAT ATT ACT TCC AAA TTA AAT  AGT TGA TAC TC  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT2086_DF | Eurofins Genomics | GAG TAT CAA CTA TTT AAT TTG  GAA GTA ATA TGT AGT CGA TAG TTA GTT ATG TGG TAA G  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT2086_DR | Eurofins Genomics | CCA CCG CGG TGG CGG CCG  CTC TAG AAG CAG ACG TTA TCC TGG TTT C  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT1259_UF | Eurofins Genomics | GAA AGA AGA TAA CAT TCG AGT  CGA CGG ATG ATT ATT GCC CCA TTT TG  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT1259_UR | Eurofins Genomics | CGT ACA CAT AAT TTC GAT TTT  TAG TTA TAG  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT1259_DF | Eurofins Genomics | CTA TAA CTA AAA ATC GAA ATT  ATG TGT ACG TAA ATT GAT AGC AGC TTG CTG C  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (knockout primer pairs)  | 
BT1259_DR | Eurofins Genomics | CCA CCG CGG TGG CGG CCG  CTC TAG ACG TTT TTC TAC CGG ACG AAT C  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (complementation primer pairs)  | 
us1311-BT-For-NdeI | Eurofins Genomics | GGG TCC ATA TGA AGA AAA AAC  TTA CGG GTG TTG C  | 
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| Sequence-based reagent  (complementation primer pairs)  | 
BT-Rev-XbaI | Eurofins Genomics | CTA GTC TAG ACT ACA TCA CCG  GAG TTT CGA A  | 
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| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
pExchange_seq_UF | Eurofins Genomics | CGG TGA TCT GGC ATC TTT CT | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
pExchange_seq_DR | Eurofins Genomics | AAC GCA CTG AGA AGC CCT TA | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
BT2086_seq_F1 | Eurofins Genomics | CAA CTG TCC GGG TGA ATA TAA AG | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
BT2086_seq_F2 | Eurofins Genomics | GAA GTT TTC GTT GGG TGA ATG | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
BT1259_seq_F1 | Eurofins Genomics | AGA AGG TAC ATC GCC TGT AC | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
BT1259_seq_F2 | Eurofins Genomics | TAC TAT TCA CGC ACC ACA CC | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
pNBU2_UNIV-F | Eurofins Genomics | TAA CGG TTG TGG ACA ACA AG | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (diagnostic primer)  | 
pNBU2_UNIV-R | Eurofins Genomics | CAC AAT ATG AGC AAC AAG GAA TCC | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (qRT-PCR primer)  | 
qBTBSH_F | Eurofins Genomics | GCGTGCGGGACACAATAAAG | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (qRT-PCR primer)  | 
qBTBSH_R | Eurofins Genomics | TAGCCTGTTGCGATTACGCT | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (qRT-PCR primer)  | 
qBT16s_F | Eurofins Genomics | GTGAGGTAACGGCTCACCAA | |
| Sequence-based  reagent (qRT-PCR primer)  | 
qBT16s_R | Eurofins Genomics | CTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGTTTG |