Table 1 List of bacterial strains, plasmids used in this study

Strains

 E. coli XL1-Blue

recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 hsdR17 supE44 relA1 lac [F´ proAB lacI ^q ZDM15 Tn10 (Tet ^r )]

Stratagene^a

 L. citreum CB2567

Wild type

[39]

 L. amylovorus

Wild type

KCTC 3597

Plasmids

 pJH11

GST-fused PA domain 4, Amp^r

[31]

 pCB4170

E. coli-L. citreum shuttle vector

[14]

 pCB4270

pCB4170 mutant

This study

 pCB4170-sfGFP

pCB4170 derivative, P₇₁₀, sfGFP

This study

 pCB4170-GST

pCB4170 derivative, P₇₁₀, GST

This study

 pCB4170-Amy

pCB4170 derivative, P₇₁₀, α-amylase

This study

 pCB4270-sfGFP

pCB4270 derivative, P₇₁₀, sfGFP

This study

 pCB4270-GST

pCB4270 derivative, P₇₁₀, GST

This study

 pCB4270-Amy

pCB4270 derivative, P₇₁₀, α-amylase

This study