Table 4 Strains and plasmids used in this study.

From: New Therapeutic Candidates for the Treatment of Malassezia pachydermatis -Associated Infections

Strain

Description

Reference

Malassezia pachydermatis CBS 1879

Reference strain. Genome Sequenced: NCBI: txid 77020.

101,102

Malassezia furfur CBS 1878

Reference strain

101

Atypical Malassezia furfur 4DS

Reference strain

103

Malassezia sympodialis CBS 7222

Reference strain

101

Candida krusei ATCC 6258

Reference strain

104

Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019

Reference strain

104

Malassezia pachydermatis C1

Canine isolate from the collection of the Cellular and Molecular research group of Microorganisms Pathogens (CeMoP, acronym in Spanish). From ears of a 2-years old female cocker spaniel dog.

105

Malassezia pachydermatis N1

Canine isolation from the collection of the CeMoP. From ears of a 9-years old female cocker spaniel dog.

105

Malassezia pachydermatis M1

Canine isolation from the collection of the CeMoP. From the ears of a male 1-year old Shih-Tzu dog.

105

DH5α-pUC57-mpsdh

Escherichia coli DH5α strain transformed with pUC57-mpsdh

This study

DH5α-pET6xHN-C-mpsdh

Escherichia coli DH5α strain transformed with pET6xHN-C-mpsdh

This study

BL21-pET6xHN-C-mpsdh

Strain Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) transformed with pET6xHN-C-mpsdh

This study

BL21-pET6xHN-N-mphcs

Strain Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) transformed with pET6xHN-N-mphcs

This study

BL21-pET6xHN-N-mphsd

Strain Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) transformed with pET6xHN-N-mphsd

This study

pET6xHN-C

Plasmid containing an IPTG inducible promoter system (T7/lac promoter) for high-level expression, a C-terminal 6xHN tag and conferring ampicillin resistance

106

pET6xHN-N

Plasmid containing an IPTG inducible promoter system (T7/lac promoter) for high-level expression, an N-terminal 6xHN tag and conferring ampicillin resistance

106

pUC57-mpsdh

Plasmid pUC57 containing a synthetic expression cassette encoding the enzyme saccharopine dehydrogenase (MpSDH) of M. pachydermatis flanked by NcoI and NotI restriction sites and conferring ampicillin resistance.

This study

pET6xHN-C-mpsdh

Plasmid pET6xHN-C containing a synthetic expression cassette encoding the enzyme saccharopine dehydrogenase (MpSDH) of M. pachydermatis flanked by NcoI and NotI restriction sites, conferring ampicillin resistance and with C-terminal 6xHN tag.

This study

pET6xHN-N-mphcs

Plasmid pET6xHN-N containing an amplified expression cassette encoding the enzyme homocitrate synthase (MpHCS) of M. pachydermatis flanked by HCSF and HCSR primers sites, conferring ampicillin resistance and with C-terminal 6xHN tag.

This study

pET6xHN-N-mphsd

Plasmid pET6xHN-N containing an amplified expression cassette encoding the enzyme homoserine dehydrogenase (MpHSD) of M. pachydermatis flanked by HSDF and HSDR primer sites, conferring ampicillin resistance and with C-terminal 6xHN tag.

This study