Table 2 Lactobacillus reuteri strains used in this study

JCM 1112 (DSM 20016, ‘WT’)

Wild-type

DSMZ^a

SJ11774 (‘SJ (WT*)’)

Strain JCM 1112 (DSM 20016) with two inactivated restriction-modification systems (ΔLAR_RS04635 ΔLAR_RS07680::cat)

Novozymes; [7]

SJΔadhE

Strain SJ11774 with a clean and full in-frame deletion of the bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase adhE (LAR_RS01690)

Unpublished (manuscript in preparation)