Strains used and constructed in this study
| Strain | Genotype | Source |
| DH5α | ϕ80dlacZΔM15, recA1, endA1, gyrA96, thi-1, hsdR17(rK-, mK+) supE44, relA1, deoR, Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 | Laboratory stock |
| JM109 | F′ traD36 proA+B+ lacIq Δ(lacZ)M15/ Δ(lac-proAB) glnV44 e14- gyrA96 recA1 relA1 endA1 thi hsdR17 | Laboratory stock |
| HS3018 | F-ΔlacU169 araD139 rpsL150 relA1 ptsF rbs flbB5301 malT (Con)-1 ΔmalE444 | Shuman, 1982 |
| HS3018-A | As HS3018, ara+ | Caldelari et al., 2008 |
| HS3018-AΔtatABC | As HS3018-A but ΔtatABC::Apra | This study |
| MC4100 | F-ΔlacU169 araD139 rpsL150 relA1 ptsF rbs flbB5301 | Casadaban and Cohen, 1979 |
| MCDSSAC | As MC4100, amiAΔ2-33 amiCΔ2-32 | Ize et al., 2003 |
| MCDSSACΔtatABC | As MCDSSAC, ΔtatABC::Apra | This study |
| FTL10 | As MC4100, ara+, ΔyidC, attB::(araC+, PBAD, yidC+) KanR) | Hatzixanthis et al., 2003 |
| SF100 | F- ΔlacX74 galE galK thi rpsL (strA) ΔphoA (PvuII) Δ(ompT- entF) | Baneyx and Georgiou, 1990 |
| Strain | Genotype | Source |
| DH5α | ϕ80dlacZΔM15, recA1, endA1, gyrA96, thi-1, hsdR17(rK-, mK+) supE44, relA1, deoR, Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 | Laboratory stock |
| JM109 | F′ traD36 proA+B+ lacIq Δ(lacZ)M15/ Δ(lac-proAB) glnV44 e14- gyrA96 recA1 relA1 endA1 thi hsdR17 | Laboratory stock |
| HS3018 | F-ΔlacU169 araD139 rpsL150 relA1 ptsF rbs flbB5301 malT (Con)-1 ΔmalE444 | Shuman, 1982 |
| HS3018-A | As HS3018, ara+ | Caldelari et al., 2008 |
| HS3018-AΔtatABC | As HS3018-A but ΔtatABC::Apra | This study |
| MC4100 | F-ΔlacU169 araD139 rpsL150 relA1 ptsF rbs flbB5301 | Casadaban and Cohen, 1979 |
| MCDSSAC | As MC4100, amiAΔ2-33 amiCΔ2-32 | Ize et al., 2003 |
| MCDSSACΔtatABC | As MCDSSAC, ΔtatABC::Apra | This study |
| FTL10 | As MC4100, ara+, ΔyidC, attB::(araC+, PBAD, yidC+) KanR) | Hatzixanthis et al., 2003 |
| SF100 | F- ΔlacX74 galE galK thi rpsL (strA) ΔphoA (PvuII) Δ(ompT- entF) | Baneyx and Georgiou, 1990 |