Table 4 Bacterial strains used in this study

WT

C. glutamicum wild type, ATCC13032

American Type Culture Collection

C1*

Genome reduced chassis strain derived from WT

[32]

C1* Δpyk

C1* with in-frame deletion of pyruvate kinase gene pyk

This work

IVO20

Strain evolved from WT in the presence of indole after 20 transfers

[31]

IVO38

Strain evolved from WT in the presence of indole after 38 transfers

[31]