Table 1.

Bacteria and plasmids used in this work.

Strain or plasmid	Relevant characteristic(s)	Reference or source
P13	The original strain of L. amnigena P13	This study
DH5α	Escherichia coli DH5α was used as a host for cloning of the blaLAQ-1 gene	Our laboratory collection
BL21	E. coli BL21 was used as a host for expression of LAQ-1	Our laboratory collection
ATCC 25922	E. coli ATCC 25922 was used as a quality control for antimicrobial susceptibility testing	Our laboratory collection
pUCP24-blaLAQ-1/DH5α	DH5α carrying the recombinant plasmid pUCP24-blaLAQ-1	This study
pET-28a-blaLAQ-1/BL21	BL21 carrying the recombinant plasmid pET-28a-blaLAQ-1	This study
pUCP24	Cloning vector for the PCR products of the blaLAQ-1 gene with its upstream promoter region, GENr	Our laboratory collection
pET 28a	Expression vector for the PCR products of the ORF of the blaLAQ-1 gene, KANr	Our laboratory collection

^rResistance; GEN, gentamicin; KAN, kanamycin.