Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this study

DH5α

F⁻thi-1 endA 1 hsdr 17(r⁻, m⁻) supE 44 ∆lacU 169 (Φ80lacZ∆M15) recA 1 gyrA 96 relA 1

(Hanahan [1983])

MB001

ATCC 13032 with in-frame deletion of prophages CGP1 (cg1507-cg1524), CGP2 (cg1746-cg1752), and CGP3 (cg1890-cg2071)

(Baumgart et al. [2013])

CIT0

MB001 with ∆argF, ∆argG, ∆argR

This study

CIT1

CIT0 carrying the pVWEx-argFB^fbr vector

This study

pEKEx3

Spec^R, P_tac, lacI^q

(Stansen et al. [2005])

pVWEx1

Kan^R, P_tac, lacI^q

(Peters-Wendisch et al. [2001])

pEC-XT99A

Tet^R, P_trc, lacI^q

(Kirchner and Tauch [2003])

pK19∆argFR

Kan^R, pk19mobsacB with the deletion construct of genes argFR

(Schneider et al. [2011])

pK19∆argG

Kan^R, pk19mobsacB with the deletion construct of genes argG

This study

pEKEx3- argB^fbr

Spec^R, pEKEx3 carrying argB from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 with amino acid exchanges A49VM54V

(Schneider et al. [2011])

pVWEx1-argF

Kan^R, pVWEx1 carrying argF from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

This study

pVWEx1-argFG

Kan^R, pVWEx1 carrying argF and argG from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

This study

pVWEx1-argFB^fbr

Kan^R, pVWEx1 carrying argF from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 and argB^fbr from pEKEx3- argB^fbr

This study

pEKEx3-nagB

Spec^R, pEKEx3 carrying nagB from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

(Uhde et al. [2013])

pEKEx3-xylAB

Spec^R, pEKEx3 carrying xylA from Xanthomonas campestris XCC1758 and xylB from C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

(Meiswinkel et al. [2013a])

pAMY

Tet^R, pEC-XT99A carrying amy from Streptomyces griseus IMRU 3570

(Seibold et al. [2006])