Table 2 Strains, plasmids and primers used in this study.

From: Riemerella anatipestifer AS87_RS09170 gene is responsible for biotin synthesis, bacterial morphology and virulence

Strains, plasmids or primers

Characteristics

Sources or references

Strains

Yb2

Riemerella anatipestifer serotype 2 strain

39

Yb2ΔbioF

Tn4351 insertion mutant of R. anatipestiferYb2, bioF::Tn

17

cYb2ΔbioF

Mutant strain RA1893 carrying plasmid pCP29-bioF

This study

Escherichia coli S17-1

λpirhsdRprothi; chromosomally integrated RP4-2, Tc::Mu Km::Tn7

7

Plasmids

pCP29

ColE1 ori (pCP1 ori); Apr(Emr); E. coli-F. johnsoniae shuttle plasmid

7

pCP29-bioF

pCP29 containing ompA promoter and bioF ORF, cfxAr(Apr)

This study

Primers

ompA promoter P1

5′-CAGGTACCATAGCTAAAATTTTGGCAGTAAC-3′ (KpnΙ site underlined)

7

ompA promoter P2

5′-CGACTCGAGCATTCCAATTCTCTTATTATC-3′ (XhoΙ site underlined)

7

16S rRNA F

5′-GAGCGGTAGAGTATCTTCGGATACT-3′

8

16S rRNA R

5′-AATTCCTTTGAGTTTCAACCTTGCG-3′

8

bioF comp-F

5′-CCGCTCGAGATGAATATTCCCAAAAGATTGTTAGAT-3′ (XhoΙ site underlined)

This study

bioF comp-R

5′-CATGCATGCTTATTTCTTTAAATTAGAAATGATAAAATTGTGGGC-3′ (SphΙ site underlined)

This study