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Table 2 Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study

From: Efficient whole-cell-catalyzing cellulose saccharification using engineered Clostridium thermocellum

Strains/plasmids

Relevant characteristic

Sources

Strains

 E. coli

  DH5α

f80dlacZΔM15, Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, deoR, recA1, endA1, hsdR17(r k , m + k ), phoA, supE44, l , thi-1, gyrA96, relA1

Transgen

  BL21(DE3)

ompT gal dcm lon hsdS B (r B m B ) l (DE3 [lacI lacUV5-T7 gene 1 ind1 sam7 nin5])

Transgen

 C. thermocellum

  DSM1313

LQ8, wild type stain

DSMZ

  ΔpyrF

Derived from DSM1313, with deleted pyrF gene

This work

  ΔpyrF::CaBglA

Derived from ΔpyrF, expressing CelS-bearing CaBglA

This work

  ΔpyrF::CaBglAm

Derived from ΔpyrF, expressing CelS-bearing CaBglAm

This work

  ∆pyrF::pHK-CtBglA-Doc

Derived from ΔpyrF, containing plasmid pHK-CtBglA-Doc

This work

  ∆pyrF::pHK-CaBglA-Doc

Derived from ΔpyrF, containing plasmid pHK-CaBglA-Doc

This work

Plasmids

 pHK

pNW33N derivative, E. coliC. thermocellum shuttle vector, CmR/TmR

[51]

 pHK-∆pyrF

pHK derivative, containing upstream and downstream regions of pyrF for pyrF deletion

This work

 pHK-HR

pHK derivative, containing pyrF cassette, tdk cassette, three regions of homology, and the target DNA sequence to knock in

This work

 pHK-HR-CaBglA

pHK-HR derivative for markerless knock-in of caBglA in the chromosome of DSM 1313

This work

 pHK-HR-CtBglA

pHK-HR derivative for markerless knock-in of ctBglA in the chromosome of DSM 1313

This work

 pHK-HR-CaBglAm

pHK-HR derivative for markerless knock-in of caBglAm in the chromosome of DSM 1313

This work

 pHK-CtBglA-Doc

pHK-HR-CtBglA derivative for expression of CtBglA-Doc in DSM 1313, with the promoter and signal peptide region of CelS

This work

 pHK-CaBglA-Doc

pHK-HR-CaBglA derivative for expression of CaBglA-Doc in DSM 1313, with the promoter and signal peptide region of CelS

This work

 pET28aNS

Expression vector with N-terminal hexahistidine affinity tag, with modified multiple cloning sites

[49]

 pET28aNS-CaBglA

pET28aNS derivative for expression of CaBglA

This work

 pET28aNS-CtBglA

pET28aNS derivative for expression of CtBglA

This work

 pET28aNS-CglT

pET28aNS derivative for expression of CglT

This work

 pET28aNS-Td2f2

pET28aNS derivative for expression of Td2f2

This work