Escherichia coli XL10-Gold from Invitrogen (USA), was cultured in Lysogeny broth (LB, 10 g/L NaCl, 10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/L yeast extract). Medium was prepared according to the description in the Manual of Molecular Cloning [67 ]. Wild type Z. mobilis ZM4 was revived from frozen glycerol stocks in rich media with 5% glucose (RMG5: 50 g/L glucose, 10 g/L yeast extract, and 2 g/L KH2PO4) at 30 °C for 6–8 h without shaking. Shuttle vector pEZ15Asp includes origins of replication from both E. coli and Z. mobilis [44 (link)]. Strains and plasmids used in this study are listed in Table 3.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strains and plasmidsDescriptionSource
Strains
 E. coli XL10-GoldUltracompetent cells (tetracycline and chloramphenicol resistant)Invitrogen
 Z. mobilis ZM4Z. mobilis wild-type strainLab stock
Plasmids
 pEZ15AspP15A_ori, Zymo_Ori, Ptet, SpeR[44 (link)]
 pEZ15A-PlacUV5-EGFPP15A_ori, Zymo_Ori, PlacUV5::EGFP, SpeRThis work
 pEZ15A-PlacUV5-opmCherryP15A_ori, Zymo_Ori, PlacUV5::opmCherry, SpeRThis work
 pEZ-DualP15A_ori, Zymo_Ori, Ptet, SpeR, PlacUV5::opmCherry, Ptet::EGFPThis work
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