Cinnamaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde derivatives reduce virulence in Vibrio spp. by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the quorum sensing response regulator LuxR

Table 1 Strains and plasmid used in this study.

Strain/plasmid	Relevant features	Reference or source
Vibrio harveyi strains
BB120	Wild type from which strains BB152, BB170, MM30, JAF553, JAF483 and BNL258 are derived	[9]
BB170	luxN::Tn5	[7]
MM30	luxS::Tn5	[10]
JAF553	luxU H58A linked to Kan^R	[48]
JAF483	luxO D47A linked to Kan^R	[14]
BNL258	hfq::Tn5lacZ	[49]
Vibrio anguillarum
LMG 4411	Isolated from young sea trout (Salmo trutta)	BCCM/LMG
Vibrio vulnificus
LMG 16867	Isolated from tankwater from eelfarm	BCCM/LMG
Escherichia coli strains
DH5α	AI-2 ^- strain	[23]
K12 ATCC 25404	AI-2⁺ strain	[23]
Plasmid
pBlueLux	pBluelux polylinker and luxCDABE	S. Atkinson

BCCM/LMG: Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms/Laboratory of Microbiology collection (Ghent University, Belgium); ATCC: American Type Culture Collection

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