TABLE 2.
Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.
| Strain or plasmid | Description | Reference |
| Escherichia coli DH5α | General cloning host, F-thi-1 endA1 hsdR17 (r-,m-) supE44 _lacU169 (_80lacZ_M15) recA1 gyrA96 relA1 | Stratagene |
| Bacillus methanolicus | ||
| MGA3 | Wild type strain | ATCC 53907 |
| PB1 | Wild type strain | ATCC 51375 |
| BVD | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| RCP | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| HEN9 | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| SC6 | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| DFS2 | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| CFS | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| JCP | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| N2 | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| NIWA | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| TSL32 | Wild type strain | Brautaset et al., 2004 |
| Plasmid | ||
| pHP13 | CmR and EmR, E. coli/Bacillus spp. shuttle vector | DSM 8773 (Haima et al., 1987) |
| pBV2mp-cadA | KmR and ApR; pBV2mp derivative for cadA expression under control of the mdh promoter | Irla et al., 2016a |
| pTH1mp-gadst | CmR; pTH1mp derivative for gad from Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans DSM 9293 expression under control of the mdh promoter | Irla et al., 2016b |
| pTH1mp-lysC | pHP13 derivate with lysC under control of mdh promoter | Brautaset et al., 2010 |
| pHYcrtMN | B. subtilis and E. coli shuttle vector; ori-pACYC177; ori-pAMα1; crtM and crtN genes of S. aureus; AmpR; TcR | Yoshida et al., 2009 |
| pTH1mp-crtMN | pHP13 derivative carrying crtMN from S. aureus under control of the mdh promoter | This study |