Strain or plasmid | Relevant characteristics | Source or reference |
---|---|---|
E. coli | Â | Â |
   S17-1/λpir | RK2 tra regulon, pir, host for pir-dependent plasmids | 26 |
   WG1 | S17-1/λpir strain harboring suicide plasmid pWG3 | This study |
S. oneidensis | Â | Â |
   MR-1 | Wild-type strain | 2 |
   DSP-10 | Spontaneous rif ampin-resistant derivative of the MR-1, used as the reference strain in replace of MR-1 in this study | 11 |
   WG2 | Transconjugant between E. coli WG1 and S. oneidensis DSP-10, containing a chromosomal integration of suicide plasmid pWG3 | This study |
   WG3 | In-frame S01377 gene deletion mutant of 1496-bp, derivative from WG2 | This study |
Plasmids | Â | Â |
   pCVD422 | Suicide plasmid, bla oriT oriR6K sacB | 27 |
   pBSL142 | pBluescript derivative, containing gentamicin -resistance gene | 28 |
   pDC3.O | Suicide plasmid generated by cloning the gentamicin-resistance gene from pBSL142 into the EcoRV site of pCV442 | This study |
   pWG3 | Suicide plasmid generated by cloning a 1.1 kb DNA fragment containing the mutated S01377 gene with 1496-bp deletion into the Sad site of pDS3.0. | This study |