TABLE 1.

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 strains used in this study

Strain	Description	Reference
Wild type
ΔmcdA		17
ΔmcdB		17
ΔmcdAB		17
rbcS-mTQ	Wild type transformed with pAH40
ΔmcdA + rbcS-mTQ	ΔmcdA mutant transformed with pAH40
ΔmcdB + rbcS-mTQ	ΔmcdB mutant transformed with pAH40
ΔmcdAB + rbcS-mTQ	ΔmcdAB mutant transformed with pAH40