Table 2.

Selectable markers for T. kodakarensis.

Selection	Genetic background	Selection requirements	Compatible strains	Reference(s)
Tryptophan	ΔtrpE (ΔTK0254)	Minimal medium lacking tryptophan	KUW1, KUWH1, KW128	Sato et al. (2003) and Sato et al. (2005)
Simvastatin, mevinolin	None	Requires overexpression of HMG-CoA reductase (PF1848)	Any strain	Matsumi, Manabe, Fukui, Atomi, and Imanaka (2007) and Santangelo et al. (2008b)
Agmatine	ΔpdaD (ΔTK0149)	Minimal or rich medium lacking agmatine supplementation	TS559, TS900	Fukuda et al. (2008) and Santangelo et al. (2008b)
Histidine	ΔhisD (ΔTK0244)	Minimal medium lacking histidine	KUWH1	Sato et al. (2005)
6-Methyl purine (6MP)	ΔHPRT (ΔTK0664)	Minimal medium containing 6MP	TS517, TS559, TS900	Santangelo et al. (2010)
Uracil, 5-fluorooratic acid (5-FOA)	ΔpyrF (ΔTK2276)	Minimal medium lacking uracil and supplemented with 5-FOA, respectively	KU216, KW128, TS517, TS559, TS900	Sato et al. (2003)
Citrulline, aspartate	+ argG (PF0207), + argH (PF0208)	Minimal medium lacking citrulline and aspartate	Any strain	Atomi et al. (2004)