Strain or plasmid | Genotype or description | Source or reference |
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E. coli strains | ||
XL1Blue | recA1 lac endA1 gyrA96 thi hsdR17 supE44 relA1 (F’ proAB lacI q lacZ ΔM15 Tn10) | Stratagene |
DH5α | F− Φ80lacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 recA1 endA1 hsdR17(rk − mk −) phoA supE44 λ− thi- gyrA96 relA1 | Gibco BRL |
HB101 | F− mcrB mrr hsdS20(rB − mB −) recA13 leuB6 ara-14 proA2 lacY1 galK2 xyl-5 mtl-1 rpsL20(SmR) glnV44 λ− | ATCC 33694 |
S17(λpir) | Tpr Smr recA thi pro hsdR hsdM +RP4::2-Tc::Mu::Km Tn7 λ | Biomedal |
Nissle 1917 (EcN) | Non-pathogenic probiotic isolate (O6:K5:H1) | Ardeypharm |
EcNsat::cat | Nissle 1917 sat::cat; Cmr | This study |
E2348/69 | Wild type EPEC O127:H6 Smr | B.B. Finlay |
ECOR collection strains | Human stool isolates | [43] |
Plasmids | ||
pBR322 | Vector for cloning, Apr Tcr | Biolabs |
pSat | Gene sat from EcN cloned in pBR322, Apr | This study |
pSat-S256I | Gene sat from EcN encoding the mutated Sat-S256I cloned in pBR322, Apr | This study |
pCAT19 | Source of cat gene, Apr Cmr | [26] |
pUT mini-Tn5 Tc | tnp* gene of Tn5-IS50R inserted in SalI site of pGP704; mini-Tn5 Tc transposable element, Apr Tcr | Biomedal |
pFU34 | Plasmid for transcriptional fusions to the reporter gene gfp mut3.1 , Apr | [28] |
pFU34-sat | Promoter fusion Φ(sat-gfp mut3.1 ) in PFU34, Apr | This study |