Table 1.
Strains and plasmids used in this study.
| Strains | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | ||
| Vp AHPND 123 | Wild type, isolated from Penaeus vannamei, China, Cms, Ampr | This study |
| ΔqseC | Vp AHPND 123, in-flame deletion of qseC | This study |
| qseC+ | Vp AHPND 123, ΔqseC, containing pCqseC | This study |
| Escherichia coli | ||
| SY327 (λpir) | Host strain for π-dependent plasmids | Miller and Mekalanos, 1988 |
| Plasmids | ||
| pRE112 | Suicide vector, π-dependent, sacB, Cmr | Edwards et al., 1998 |
| pUCm-T | Cloning vector, Ampr | Sangon, Shanghai |
| pdCas9-bacteria | Expressing vector, Cmr | Addgene 44249 |
| pRE112ΔqseC | pRE112 derivative for qseC in-frame deletion | This study |
| pCqseC | QseC expressing plasmid, Cmr | This study |