The plasmid pBL was constructed by insertion of a 70-bp chemically synthesized multiple cloning site into the 2.5-kb PCR-generated plasmid backbone of pBluescript II KS(+) (Stratagene) and deletion of the LacZα ORF by conventional cloning. The plasmid pBL-DL was constructed by insertion of a 1-kb PCR fragment from pGEM®-luc (Promega) into the NotI/SalI sites of pBL by SLiCE. The suicide plasmid pGT1 was constructed by SLiCE-mediated insertion of a 830-bp PCR-amplified fragment spanning the 3′ region of the E. coli DH10B cynX gene and an araC-pBAD-redα/EM7-redβ/Tn5-gam expression cassette isolated from plasmid pBAD24 (8 (link)) and lambda phage DNA (NEB) into the SmaI site of plasmid pEL04 (9 (link)). pGT1 also contains a temperature-sensitive replicon and a chloramphenicol selection marker.