From: Role of trehalose in heat and desiccation tolerance in the soil bacterium Rhizobium etli
Strain or plasmid | Relevant genotype and/or description | Source or reference |
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R. etli strains | ||
CFN 42 | Wild type | [29] |
CE3 | Spontaneous Smr mutant of R, etli CFN 42 Nalr | [31] |
CMS310 | R. etli CE3 otsAch::ΩNalrSmrSpcr | This study |
E. coli strain | ||
DH5α | supE44 Δ (lac)U169 ϕ80d lacZΔM15 hsdR17 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 relA1; host for DNA manipulations | [35] |
Plasmids | ||
pSK(-) | Cloning vector; Apr | Stratagene |
pUC19-301 | Cloning vector, Apr | J. Onofre, Personal Communication |
pHP45Ω | pBR322 derivative carrying the Ω cassette; AprSmrSpr | [36] |
pRK600 | Helper plasmid; Cmrtra | [37] |
pJQ200-SK | Suicide vector; Gmrmobsac | [38] |
pMotsA1 | 4.2-kb blunt fragment from R. etli CE3 genome (containing frk, otsAch, pgi) cloned into pUC19301 in Eco RV; Apr | This study |
pMotsA4 | 4,1-kb Bgl II-Xba I fragment from pMotsA1 cloned into pSK in Bam HI-Xba I; Apr | This study |
pMotsA5 | pMotsA4 derivative containing an Bgl II recognition site within otsAch; Apr | This study |
pMotsA6 | pMotsA5 derivative with Ω casete within otsAch; AprSmrSpcr | This study |
pMotsA7 | 6.1-kb Apa I-Xba I fragment from pMotsA6 (containing frk,otsAch, pgi) cloned into pJQ200-SK; GmrSmrSpcr | This study |