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Table 1 Bacterial strains used in these studies

From: Use of nfsB, encoding nitroreductase, as a reporter gene to determine the mutational spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Strain

Relevant Phenotype

Source

N. gonorrhoeae FA1090

 

P. Frederick Sparling

N. gonorrhoeae FA19

 

William Shafer

N. gonorrhoeae F62

 

P. Frederick Sparling

N. gonorrhoeae MS11

 

Herman Schneider

N. gonorrhoeae PID2

 

Herman Schneider

N. gonorrhoeae FA1090(M1)

Spontaneous nitrofurantoin resistant mutant

This Study

N. gonorrhoeae FA1090 -Nfsb(mod)

Strain with a modified poly adenine tract in the beginning of the gene

This Study

N. gonorrhoeae FA1090 NfsB-BsmI-Σ

Strain lacking NfsB

This Study