Table 1

Strains and plasmid used in this study.

Strain/plasmid

Relevant features

Reference or source


Vibrio harveyi strains


BB120

Wild type from which strains BB152, BB170, MM30, JAF553, JAF483 and BNL258 are derived

[9]

BB170

luxN::Tn5

[7]

MM30

luxS::Tn5

[10]

JAF553

luxU H58A linked to KanR

[48]

JAF483

luxO D47A linked to KanR

[14]

BNL258

hfq::Tn5lacZ

[49]


Vibrio anguillarum


LMG 4411

Isolated from young sea trout (Salmo trutta)

BCCM/LMG


Vibrio vulnificus


LMG 16867

Isolated from tankwater from eelfarm

BCCM/LMG


Escherichia coli strains


DH5α

AI-2 - strain

[23]

K12

ATCC 25404

AI-2+ strain

[23]


Plasmid


pBlueLux

pBluelux polylinker and luxCDABE

S. Atkinson


BCCM/LMG: Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms/Laboratory of Microbiology collection (Ghent University, Belgium); ATCC: American Type Culture Collection

Brackman et al. BMC Microbiology 2008 8:149   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-149

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