Table 1 Escheria coli strains used in this study

BW25113

lacI^q rrnB_T14 lacZ_WJ16 hsdR514 araBAD_AH33 rhaBAD_LD78

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆katE

JW1721

Same as BW25113, but with katE::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆katG

JW3914

Same as BW25113, but with katG::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆sodA

JW3879

Same as BW25113, but with sodA::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆sodB

JW1648

Same as BW25113, but with sodB::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆sodC

JW1638

Same as BW25113, but with sodC::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆ahpF

JW0599

Same as BW25113, but with ahpF::Km^R

(Baba et al. 2006)

BW25113∆katE∆katG

Same as BW25113, but with ∆katE and ∆katG

This study

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB

Same as BW25113, but with ∆sodA and ∆sodB

This study

BW25113(pMW119)

BW25113 harboring pMW119

This study

BW25113∆katE∆katG(pMW119)

BW25113∆katE∆katG harboring pMW119

This study

BW25113∆katE∆katG(pMWkatE)

BW25113∆katE∆katG harboring pMWkatE

This study

BW25113∆katE∆katG(pMWkatG)

BW25113∆katE∆katG harboring pMWkatG

This study

BW25113∆katE∆katG(pMWkatEkatG)

BW25113∆katE∆katG harboring pMWkatEkatG

This study

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB(pMW119)

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB harboring pMW119

This study

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB(pMWsodA)

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB harboring pMWsodA

This study

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB(pMWsodB)

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB harboring pMWsodB

This study

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB(pMWsodAsodB)

BW25113∆sodA∆sodB harboring pMWsodAsodB

This study

BW25113(pMCkatEp)

BW25113 harboring pMCkatEp

This study

BW25113(pMCkatGp)

BW25113 harboring pMCkatGp

This study

BW25113(pMCsodAp)

BW25113 harboring pMCsodAp

This study

BW25113(pMCsodBp)

BW25113 harboring pMCsodBp

This study