Table 1 List of strains used in this study

From: Adhesion pilus retraction powers twitching motility in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Strain

Description

Source

MW001

ΔpyrEF (91–412 bp); parental strain

Ref. 57

MW109

ΔupsE (deletion of saci1494 in MW001)

Ref. 57

MW153

ΔaapA (deletion of saci1174 in MW001)

Ref. 17

MW154

ΔaapB (deletion of saci1179 in MW001)

Ref. 17

MW155

ΔarlJ (formerly flaJ, deletion of saci1172 in MW001)

Ref. 18

MW156

ΔaapF (deletion of saci2318 in MW001)

Ref. 18

MW158

ΔarlJ ΔupsE

Ref. 18

MW159

ΔaapX (deletion of saci2316 in MW001)

Ref. 17

MW160

ΔaapE (deletion of saci2317 in MW001)

Ref. 17

Saccharolobus solfataricus P2

 

DSMZ, gift from Rachel Whitaker

Sulfolobus islandicus REY15A

 

Gift from Quinxin She, gift from Rachel Whitaker

Sulfolobus islandicus M16.4

 

Gift from Rachel Whitaker