Table 1 List of bacterial strains used in this study.
From: Cobalt complexes modulate plasmid conjugation in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Species | Features | Source of strain |
|---|---|---|
Escherichia coli | NCTC 10418/ATCC 10536 susceptible reference strain | NCTC |
Staphylococcus aureus | NCTC 12981/ATCC 25923 susceptible reference strain, weak β-lactamase producer | NCTC |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli J53 with the conjugative pKM101 plasmid, which confers resistance to β-lactams | DSMZ GmbH |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli J53 with the conjugative R388 plasmid, which confers resistance to trimethoprim and sulphonamides | DSMZ GmbH |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli J53 with the conjugative R6K plasmid, which confers resistance to β-lactams and streptomycin | DSMZ GmbH |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli J53 carrying the conjugative RP4 plasmid, which confers resistance to β-lactams, kanamycin, and tetracycline | DSMZ GmbH |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli J53 with the hygromycin resistance gene hph inserted into the attTn7 site (HygR) | This study |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | Klebsiella pneumoniae Ecl8 with mCherry-aph inserted into chromosomal putPA intergenic region. Resistant to kanamycin and expresses mCherry constitutively | |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | Klebsiella pneumoniae Ecl8 carrying pKpQIL with gfp-aph inserted into the blaKPC gene. Resistant to kanamycin and expresses GFP constitutively | |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli ST131 EC958c with mCherry-aph inserted into chromosomal putPA intergenic region. Resistant to kanamycin and expresses mCherry constitutively | |
Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli ST131 EC958c carrying pCT with gfp-aph inserted into the blaCTX-M-14 gene. Resistant to kanamycin and expresses GFP constitutively |
