Table 2 Bacterial strain and plasmids used in this study.

E. coli MC1000 ΔminD

MC1000 minD::kan

15

 pBAD

gfp gene expression is under control of L-arabinose

This study

 pAcuR

gfp gene expression is under control of acrylate

31

 pCdaR

gfp gene expression is under control of glucarate

31