Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this study.

From: ExoMeg1: a new exonuclease from metagenomic library

Strain or plasmid

Genotype/Description

Reference

Strains

 DH10B

FendA1 recA1 galE15 galK16 nupGrpsLΔlacX74 Φ80lacZΔM15 araD139 Δ(ara,leu)7697 mcrAΔ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) λ

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 AB1157

thr-1, araC14, leuB6(Am), Δ(gpt-proA)62, lacY1, tsx-33, qsr′-0, glnV44(AS), galK2(Oc), LAM-, Rac-0, hisG4(Oc), rfbC1, mgl-51, rpoS396(Am), rpsL31(strR), kdgK51, xylA5, mtl-1, argE3(Oc), thi-1

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 AB1157 xthA/nfo

As AB1157 butnfo::Kan, Δ(xthA-pncA)DE

CNRS

 BL21 (DE3) pLysS

F- ompT gal dcmlonhsdSB(rB- mB-) λ(DE3) pLysS(cmR)

Promega

Plasmids

Description

 

 pBC SK

Cloning vector, Camr

Stratagene

 pBC-41 F

pBC vector plus 1.5 kb environmental insert

This study

 pCR-Blunt II-TOPO

Cloning vector ,Kanr

Invitrogen

 pCR-Blunt-EXOMEG1

pCR-Blunt vector plus 975 pb environmental ORF

This study

 pHisParallel

Expression vector, IPTG inducible, Ampr

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 His-EXOMEG1

pHis vector plus 975 pb environmental gene

This study

 pTrc99A

Cloning vector, IPTG inducible, Ampr, it allows T7 polymerase-independent expression

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 pTrc-Exomeg1

pTrc99A plus 975 pb environmental gene

This study