Bacterial strain or plasmid | Relevant characteristics | Reference, source |
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Strains | ||
Escherichia coli DH5α | Cloning host | [25] |
Lactococcus lactis MG1363 | Gram-positive bacterium | [28] |
Carnobacterium maltaromaticum LV17B | Carnobacteriocin producer carrying pCP40 | [29] |
Carnobacterium maltaromaticum LV17C | C. maltaromaticum LV17B derivative lacking pCP40 | [29] |
Plasmids | ||
pUC18 | E. coli cloning vector, Ampr | [25] |
pNZ273 | L. lactis promoter screening vector, gusA reporter, CmR | [24] |
pIL253 | L. lactis expression vector, cloned genes are transcribed from the rep promoter, EmR | [23] |
pK194 | E. coli cloning vector, KmR | [30] |
pLQB14 | pK194 carrying the 14-kbp Bam H1 fragment of pCP40 | This study |
pCbnKR | pUC18 with cbnK-cbnR insert, AmpR | This study |
pBRKR | pIL253 expressing cbnK-cbnR, EmR | This study |
pBRKA239R | pBRKR derivative with His 239 of CbnK replaced by Ala, Emr | This study |
pBRKRN62 | pBRKR derivative with Asp 62 of CbnR replaced by Asn, Emr | This study |
pLQPBM1 | pNZ273 with PBM1 promoter upstream of gusA, CmR | This study |
pLQPB | pNZ273 with PB promoter upstream of gusA, CmR | [19] |
pLQPS | pNZ273 with PS promoter upstream of gusA, CmR | [19] |