Table 1 E. coli strains used in this study

BW25113/pGreen 0029

WT

pGreen 0029

kan^r

Virk et al. 2016 [13]

JW3323-1

ΔpabA

n/a

kan^r

Baba et al. 2006 [25]

JW5822-1

ΔabgT

n/a

kan^r

Baba et al. 2006 [25]

CMabgTpabA

ΔabgT ΔpabA

n/a

kan^r

This study

CM1

WT

pUC19, pGreen 0029

kan^r, amp^r

This study

CM2

ΔpabA

pUC19

kan^r, amp^r

This study

CM3

ΔabgT ΔpabA

pUC19

kan^r, amp^r

This study

CM4

WT (abgT OE)

pJ128, pGreen 0029

kan^r, amp^r

This study

CM5

ΔpabA (abgT OE)

pJ128

kan^r, amp^r

This study

CM6

ΔabgT ΔpabA (abgT OE)

pJ128

kan^r, amp^r

This study