TABLE 2.
Taxonomic origins of the traAB alleles tested by stimulation assay
| Allele | Taxonomic description |
Strainsa | Experimental use | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | |||
| DK1622 | Myxococcus | xanthus | traADK1622 D (DK8601), traADK1622 R (DW1466) | Fig. 2A, C, and D, 5C, and 6A |
| DK816 | Myxococcus | xanthus | traADK816 D (DW1468), traADK816 R (DW2221) | Fig. 6A |
| Pali | Myxococcus | xanthus | traAPali D (DW1471), traAPali R (DW2224) | Fig. 6A |
| A96 | Myxococcus | xanthus | traAA96 D (DW1469), traAA96 R (DW2222) | Fig. 6A |
| DK805 | Myxococcus | xanthus | traADK805 D (DW2212), traADK805 R (DW2234) | Fig. 6A |
| Mf(HW-1) | Myxococcus | fulvus | traAMf D (DW1470), traAMf R (DW2223) | Fig. 6A |
| MCy5730 | Pyxidicoccus | Unclassified | traAMCy5730 D (DW2243), traAMCy5730 R (DW2248), traBMCy5730 D (DW2257) | Fig. 2C and D, 5C, and 6A |
| MCy8401 | Pyxidicoccus | Unclassified | traAMCy8401 D (DW2244), traAMCy8401 R (DW2249), traBMCy8401 D (DW2258) | Fig. 2C and D, 5C, and 6A |
| And48 | Pyxidicoccus | fallax | traAAnd48 D (DW2245), traAAnd48 R (DW2254), traBAnd48 D (DW2259) | Fig. 2C and D and 6A |
| MCy8337 | Cystobacter | violaceus | traAMCy8337 D (DW2246), traAMCy8337 R (DW2255), traBMCy8337 D (DW2260) | Fig. 2C and D |
| MSr7282 | Sorangium | cellulosum | traAMSr7282 D (DW2247), traAMSr7282 R (DW2256), traBMSr7282 D (DW2261) | Fig. 2C and D |
a
Strains tested in stimulation assays were constructed by expressing different traA or traB alleles in isogenic ΔtraA or ΔtraB strains derived from M. xanthus DK1622. D, donor; R, recipient. See Table S1 for additional details.