TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids

Plasmid	Strain (reference)	Characteristics
	ΔMSMEG_2952 strain (71)	mc2155 MSMEG_2952::Hygr
pSS303	SS-M_0486	pmyc1tetO promoter + pmyc1 5′ UTR + yfp-6×His
pSS309	SS-M_0489	pmyc1tetO promoter + sigA 5′ UTR + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS310	SS-M_0493	pmyc1tetO promoter + no 5′ UTR + yfp-6×His
pSS314	SS-M_0497	pmyc1tetO promoter with a deletion of nt −53 through −1 + yfp-6×His
pSS316	SS-M_0521	pmyc1tetO promoter + Δ1GTG sigA + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS335	SS-M_0524	pmyc1tetO promoter + Δ2GTG sigA + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS359	SS-M_0623	pmyc1tetO promoter + pmyc1 5′ UTR + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS360	SS-M_0626	pmyc1tetO promoter + no 5′ UTR + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS365	SS-M_0629	pmyc1tetO promoter with a deletion of nt −53 through −1 + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS384	SS-M_0636	pmyc1tetO promoter with a deletion of nt −53 through −1 + sigA 5′ UTR + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His
pSS385	SS-M_0639	pmyc1tetO promoter with a deletion of nt −53 through −1 + pmyc1 5′ UTR + first 54 nt of sigA + yfp-6×His