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. 2020 Sep 22;16(9):e1008852. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008852

Table 1. Strains used in this study.

Strain/Plasmid Description Origin
Strain
E. coli
Top 10 Cloning host Invitrogen
CA434 Conjugation host [25]
C. difficile
630Δerm Erythromycin sensitive clone of CD630 [26]
630ΔermΔpyrE pyrE mutant to facilitate AE mutagenesis [20]
630ΔermΔpyrEΔtcdA Initial tcdA-deletion mutant This study
630ΔermΔtcdA pyrE-restored tcdA-deletion mutant This study
630ΔermΔpyrEΔtcdA.TcdB::GTD D270N Initial GTD-defective mutant This study
630ΔermΔtcdA.TcdB::GTD D270N pyrE-restored GTD-defective mutant This study
Plasmid
pMTL-YN3 Knockout vector for 630Δerm [20]
pMTL-YN3-tcdA KOC As above with knockout cassette for tcdA This study
pMTL-YN3-TcdB::GTD D270N SC As above with substitution cassette for TcdB::GTD D270N This study
pMTL-YN1 pyrE-restoration vector for 630Δerm [20]