Table 1

B. subtilis strains used

Strain

Description of deleted gene

Wild-type

168 trpC2

pgi

P-glucoisomerase

yqjI

6-P-gluconate dehydrogenase

sdhC

Succinyl-CoA dehydrogenase component

ytsJ

Malic enzyme

mdh

Malate dehydrogenase

pps

PEP synthetase

ccpA

Main carbon catabolite repressor

cggR

Repressor of the gapA operon

glcP

Hexose/H⁺ symporter

glcR

Repressor of PTS system

Strains were provided by S. Aymerich (INRA, CNRS, Thiverval-Grignon, France) and K. Kobayashi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan) [17].

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