TABLE 1.
Strains and plasmids used in this study.
| Strains and plasmids | Descriptiona | References or source |
| Strains | ||
| C. hutchinsonii strains | ||
| ATCC 33406 | Wild type | ATCC33406 |
| Δ3238 | Deletion mutant of chu_3238 | This study |
| C3238 | Complementation of Δ3238 mutant | This study |
| 3238-FLAG | Fusion of FLAG-tag at the C-terminal of chu_3238 | This study |
| E. coli strains | ||
| DH5α | Strain used for plasmid replication | TaKaRa |
| Plasmids | ||
| pSJHC | Gene-targeting template plasmid carrying cat under the control of the ompA promoter from F. johnsoniae; Apr (Cmr) | Wang et al., 2014 |
| pSJHS | Gene-targeting template plasmid carrying ermF; Apr (Emr) | Wang et al., 2014 |
| pCFXSK3328 | Plasmid used for deletion of chu_3328; Apr (Cfr) | Guan et al., 2018 |
| pCFXSK3328-3238 | Plasmid constructed from pCFXSK3328 used for complementation of Δ3238; Apr (Cfr) | This study |
| pSJHS-3238FLAG | Plasmid constructed from pSJHS used for complementation of chu_3238 with FLAG-tag; Apr (Emr) | This study |
aAntibiotic resistance phenotypes in parentheses are expressed in C. hutchinsonii, and phenotypes not in parentheses are expressed in E. coli (Apr, ampicillin resistance; Cmr, chloramphenicol resistance; Emr, erythromycin resistance; Cfr, cefoxitin resistance).