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Table 2 Strains and plasmids used in this study

From: Assembly of a novel biosynthetic pathway for gentamicin B production in Micromonospora echinospora

Strains or plasmids

Relevant characteristic

Reference or source

Strains

  

 E. coli TOP10

F-mcrAΔ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC), φ80lacZΔM15,ΔlacX74, deoR, recA1, araD139Δ(ara-leu)7697, galU, galK, rpsL(StrR), endA1, nupG

Invitrogen

 E. coli ET12567/pUZ8002

Methylation defective, strain used in E. coli-streptomyces intergeneric conjugation

[25]

 S. kanamyceticus

Kanamycin producing strain

CGMCC4.1441

 M. echinospora

Wild-type strain, gentamicin C1a, C2, C2a, and C1 producer

ATCC 15835

 M. echinosporaΔP

M. echinospora with disrupted genP

[7]

 M. echinosporaΔKΔP

M. echinospora with disrupted genK and genP

This study

 M. echinospora JK1

Heterologous, genome-based expression of kanJ and kanK, with replacement of the native promoter by PermE* in M. echinosporaΔKΔP.

This study

 M. echinospora JK2

M. echinosporaΔKΔP + heterologous expression of kanJ and kanK under the promoter PermE*, insertion at genP locus in M. echinospora ΔKΔP

This study

 M. echinospora JK3

Heterologous expression of kanJ and kanK under promoter PgenP, insertion at genP locus in M. echinospora ΔKΔP

This study

 M. echinospora JK4

Heterologous expression of kanJ and kanK under promoter PhrdB, insertion at genP locus in M. echinospora ΔKΔP

This study

Plasmids

  

 pKC1139

E. coli-streptomyces shuttle vector, AmR

[26]

 pSPU241

pIJ2925 derivative carrying the Streptomyces constitutive promoter PermE* and To terminator, AmpR

[8]

 pEAP1

pSET152 carrying ermE, the apramycin resistance-conferring gene aac(3)IV was replaced by the ampicillin resistance-conferring gene bla, AmpR, ErmR

[8]

 pSPU503

pKC1139 carrying homologous arms of genK (gacD), used in genK disruption

[12]

 pJK1

pEAP1 carrying PermE*-kanJ-kanK, used in generating M. echinospora JK1

This study

 pJK2

pKC1139 carrying homologous arms and kanJK, used in generating M. echinospora JK2

This study

 pJK3

pKC1139 carrying homologous arms and PermE*-kanJ-kanK, used in generating M. echinospora JK3

This study

 pJK4

pKC1139 carrying homologous arms andPhrdB-kanJ-kanK, used in generating M. echinospora JK4

This study

  1. Amp R ampicillin resistance, Am R ampramycin resistance, Erm R erythromycin resistance