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Table 1 Strains used in this study.

From: A new experimental approach for studying bacterial genomic island evolution identifies island genes with bacterial host-specific expression patterns

Strain

Relevant characteristics

Source and/or reference

Salmonella enterica sevovar Typhimurium

  

   χ3339

Mouse-passaged SL1344

(17)

   χ3339 Δ island 4305

Contains deletion of island 4305

(16)

   χ3339 invA

invA::Km mutation, non-invasive

(This study)

   LT2

 

(15)

   UK-1

 

(17)

Escherichia coli

  

   TOP10

 

Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA

   TOP10 Rif

Rifampicin resistant

(16)

Pseudomonas putida

Prototrophic

ATCC 12633

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAC452

Prototrophic

(35)

Vibrio vulnificus M06-24 Rif

Rifampicin resistant

(this study)

Pseudomonas stutzeri

Prototrophic

ATCC 17588

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Prototrophic

ATCC 29837

Novosphingobium capsulatum

Prototrophic

ATCC 14666

Agrobacterium tumefaciens A136

Nalidixic acid resistant

(30)

Rhizobium meliloti F34 Nal

Nalidixic acid resistant

(30)

Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1

Nalidixic acid resistant

(30)