Table 1 Strains, plasmids and primers.

From: Policing the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis: a critical test of partner choice

Strain, plasmid, or primer

Genotype or sequence

Reference of source

Strains

  

 Rlv3841

Str derivative of R. leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 300

61

 RU3940

Rlv3841 nifH::Ω Spr

This work

 3841 gusA

Rlv3841 with gusA marker

52

 3841 celB

Rlv3841 with celB marker

52

 OPS0365

3841 gusA nifH::Ω Spr

This work

 OPS0366

3841 celB nifH::Ω Spr

This work

Plasmids

  

 pRU1907

nifH cloned in pCR2.1

This work

 pHP45Ω-Sp

Plasmid containing Ω spec cassette, Spr

62

 pJQ200SK

pACYC derivative, P15A origin of replication, Gmr

63

 pRU1908

nifH::Ω, Spr in pJQ200SK

This work

Primers

  

 pOTforward

CGGTTTACAAGCATAAAGC

 

 p1002

TTCCTCCATGTGCCTGGAGA

 

 p1118

GGTTCTTCGGAGTTTCTAT

 

 oxp0460

GCTTGATCATCGCCGGAAAC

 

 oxp0461

TGTCACCGCCGAAAACGATG