Table 1 Reference bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study
From: Genetic analysis of arsenic metabolism in Micrococcus luteus BPB1, isolated from the Bengal basin
Strains/plasmid | Genotype/description | Reference/source |
|---|---|---|
Escherichia coli strains | ||
  DH5α | fhuA2Δ(argF-lacZ)U169 phoA glnV44 Φ80 Δ(lacZ)M15 gyrA96 recA1 relA1 endA1 thi-1 hsdR17 | New England Biolabs, Hitchin, UK |
  W3110 | K12 F2 IN(rrnD-rrnE) | (Carlin et al. 1995) |
  WC3110 | W3110ΔarsC::kan | (Mukhopadhyay et al. 2000) |
  AW3110 | W3110Δars::cam | (Carlin et al. 1995) |
Micrococcus luteus strain | ||
  DSM 20030T | Synonym of NCTC2665T; Arsenic resistant Actinobacteria; Complete genome sequence accession number CP001628.1 | DSMZ (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen), Braunschweig, Germany |
Plasmid | ||
  pTZ57R/T | Ampr lacZ, TA cloning vector | Fermentas, Waltham, MA |