Table 1 Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study

From: Click-based determination of accumulation of molecules in Escherichia coli

Strain and Plasmid

Relevant characteristics

Source or reference

E. coli BW25113

WT K12 Keio parent strain; E. coli background

Horizon Discovery Ltd

E. coli BW25113 attTn7::mini Tn7T Gmr fhuAC/4L

K12 Keio parent strain; constitutive expression of the FhuA pore (non-selective variant of FhuA); gentamicin 20 μg/ml)

Brown Lab, McMaster

E. coli BW25113

∆tolC::kanR

K12 ΔtolC, KanR (Keio collection, tolC deletion strain; kanamycin,50 μg/ml)

Horizon Discovery Ltd

E. coli BW25113 ∆tolC::kanR attTn7::mini Tn7T Gmr fhuAC/4L70

K12 ΔtolC, KanR; constitutive expression of the FhuA pore (non-selective variant of FhuA) GentR

Brown Lab, McMaster

E. coli ATCC25922

Wild type, smooth, O-antigen

ATCC

pQE-30

T5 promoter, AmpR

Genscript