Strain | Description | Reference |
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APEC O1 | O1:K1:H7; fyuA, sitA, chuA, irp2, iroN, ireA, tsh, iucD, fimC, iss, ompA, vat, traT; contains four plasmids, including pAPEC-O1-ColBM | [14] |
BJ502 | E. coli K12, ΔtktA | [15] |
DH5α | E. coli K12 |  |
APEC O1-M tkt1 | APEC O1 derivative, Δtkt1 | this study |
APEC O1-M tktA | APEC O1 derivative, ΔtktA | this study |
S17λpir | recA thi pro hsdR- M+ RP4::2-Tc::Mu::Km Tn7 lysogenized with λpir phage | [12] |
S17pGP tkt1 | S17λpir with plasmid pGP704 tkt1 | this study |
APEC O1-C tkt1 | APEC O1 M tkt1 with plasmid pGP tkt1 inserted into bacterial chromosome | this study |
APEC O1-P1 | APEC O1 M tkt1 with plasmid pBAD tkt1 | this study |
BJ502-P1 | BJ502 with plasmid pBAD24 | this study |
BJ502-P2 | BJ502 with plasmid pBAD tkt1 | this study |
BJ502-P3 | BJ502 with plasmid pBAD tktA | this study |
APEC collection | 452 APEC strains isolated from lesions of birds clinically diagnosed with colibacillosis | [17] |
Avian fecal E. coli | 106 avian fecal E. coli strains were isolated from the feces of apparently healthy birds | [17] |
UPEC collection | 200 uropathogenic E. coli strains from from MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota | [18] |
NMEC collection | 91 human neonatal meningitis-causing E. coli strains from the cerebrospinal fluid of newborns in the Netherlands, isolated from 1989 through 1997 and from Dr. K. S. Kim at John Hopkins. | [19] |
Plasmids | Â | Â |
pGP704 | Apr, suicide plasmid | [20] |
pBAD24 | Apr, expression plasmid with arabinose-inducible promoter | [21] |
pKD46 | Apr; expresses λ red recombinase | [22] |
pKD3 | cat gene, template plasmid | [22] |
pGP tkt1 | pGP704 derivative harboring tkt1 gene | this study |
pBAD tkt1 | pBAD24 derivative, tkt1 gene under the control of PBAD | this study |
pBAD tktA | pBAD24 derivative, tktA gene under the control of PBAD | this study |