Strain or plasmid | Relevant characteristicsa | Source or reference |
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E. coli | ||
TOP10 | General cloning and blue/white screening | Invitrogen |
S17-1 | Mobilizing strain with transfer genes of RP4 integrated on chromosome; Smr, Pms | [34] |
MC4100 | K-12 laboratory strain | [35] |
B/r | B laboratory strain | [36] |
B. pseudomallei | ||
K96243 | Isolated in Thailand from a diabetic patient with a clinical history of short incubation, septicemic infection, and rapid progression to death | [37] |
DDS1498A | K96243 derivative harboring a 162-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp1 (Δhcp1) | [9] |
DDS0518A | K96243 derivative harboring a 303-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp2 (Δhcp2) | [9] |
DDS2098A | K96243 derivative harboring a 186-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp3 (Δhcp3) | [9] |
DDS0171A | K96243 derivative harboring a 321-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp4 (Δhcp4) | [9] |
DDS0099A | K96243 derivative harboring a 192-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp5 (Δhcp5) | [9] |
DDL3105A | K96243 derivative harboring a 216-bp in-frame deletion mutation in hcp6 (Δhcp6) | [9] |
DDS1503-1A | K96243 derivative harboring a deletion of the 743-bp StuI fragment at the 5’ end of vgrG1 (ΔvgrG1-5’) | [9] |
DDS1503-2A | K96243 derivative harboring a deletion of the 894-bp PstI fragment at the 3’ end of vgrG1 (ΔvgrG1-3’) | [9] |
1026b | Isolated in Thailand from a human case of septicemic melioidosis with skin, soft tissue, and spleen involvement | [30] |
MSHR305 | Isolated from the brain of a fatal human melioidosis encephalomyelitis case in Australia | |
B. mallei | ||
SR1 | ATCC 23344 sucrose-resistant derivative | [40] |
DDA0742 | SR1 derivative harboring a deletion of the 156 bp NarI–SfuI fragment internal to hcp1; Δhcp1 | [25] |
B. thailandensis | ||
DW503 | E264 derivative; Δ(amrR-oprA) (Gms) rpsL (Smr) | [41] |
DDII0868 | DW503::pGSV3-0868; Gmr; hcp1- | This study |
Plasmids | ||
pCR2.1-TOPO | 3,931-bp TA vector; pMB1 oriR; Kmr | Invitrogen |
pCR2.1-0868 | pCR2.1-TOPO containing 342-bp PCR product generated with II0868-up and II0868-dn | This study |
pGSV3 | Mobilizabile Gmr suicide vector | [42] |
pGSV3-0868 | pGSV3 derivative containing EcoRI insert from pCR2.1-0868 | This study |