Table 1.
Bacterial strains used in this study.
| Bacterial strain | Genotype | Source or reference |
|---|---|---|
| E. coli DH5α | (F-) supE44 Δ(lac)U169 (φ80lacZΔM15) Δ(argF) hsdR17 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 relA1 | Taylor et al., 1993 |
| E. coli TOP10 | (F-) mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80lacZΔM15 Δ(lac)X74 nupG recA1 araD139 Δ(ara-leu)7697 galE15 galK16 rpsL(StrR) endA1 λ- | (Invitrogen) Presumed identical to DH10B (Grant et al., 1990) |
| E. coli MG1655 | K-12 F- λ- ilvG rfb-50 rph-1 | Bachmann, 1996 |
| E. coliπ3 | TG1 (F-) ΔthyA::(erm-pir116) [EmR] | Demarre et al., 2005 |
| E. coli MFDpir | MG1655 RP4-2-Tc::[ΔMu1::aac(3)IV-ΔaphA-Δnic35-ΔMu2::zeo] ΔdapA::(erm-pir) ΔrecA | Ferrières et al., 2010 |
| S. oneidensis MR-1 | Wild-type | Venkateswaran et al., 1999 |
| P. ananatis | Wild-type | DSMZ collection No.30071 |
| P. fluorescens SBW25 | Wild-type | Rainey and Bailey, 1996 |
| A. baumannii ATCC19606 | Wild-type | Bouvet and Grimont, 1986 |
| A. baylyi ADP1 | Wild-type | Metzgar et al., 2004 |
| P. aeruginosa PAO1 | Wild-type | Holloway, 1975 |