Escherichia coli DH5α F- φ80lacZΔM15, Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, recA1, endA1, hsdR17(rK-m Hanahan, 1983 K-), supE44, thi-1, gyrA, relA1 DH5αλpir F- φ80lacZΔM15, Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, recA1, endA1, hsdR17(rK-m Martínez- K-), supE44, thi-1, gyrA, relA1, λpir lysogen García & de Lorenzo, 2011 Acinetobacter baumannii AB5075 Wild type strain Jacobs et al., 2014 ΔcmlA5 AB5075 derivative, in-frame deletion in cmlA5 (ABUW_4059) This work ΔcraA AB5075 derivative, in-frame deletion in craA (ABUW_0337) This work p1' AB5075 derivative, indeterminate rearrangement in p1AB5075 This work loosing cmlA5 region (likely the whole resistance island 2) Δp1AB507 AB5075 derivative, cured from p1AB5075 plasmid This work 5 Plasmids Relevant features Reference pEMG KmR, oriR6K, lacZa with two flanking I-SceI sites Martínez- García & de Lorenzo, 2011 pEMGT- pEMGT with upstream and downstream homologous regions for This work cmlA5 deletion of cmlA5 pEMGT- pEMGT with upstream and downstream homologous regions for This work craA deletion of craA pEMG-Tel KmR, TelR, oriR6K, lacZa with two flanking I-SceI sites This work (pEMGT) pFLAG-attP AprR, CmR, attP integration site (Addgene, #110095) Unpublished pMo130- KmR, TelR, sacB, xylE Amin et al., TelR 2013 pRK2013 KmR, ColE1, tra+. Conjugative helper plasmid. Figurski and Helinski, 1979 pSEVA524 TcR, oriRK2, lacIq-Ptrc Silva-Rocha et al., 2013 pSW-Apr AprR, oriRK2, xylS, Pm→sceI (transcriptional fusion of I-sceI to Pm) This work pSW-I ApR, oriRK2, xylS, Pm→sceI (transcriptional fusion of I-sceI to Pm) Martínez- García & de Lorenzo, 2011 pSW-Tc TcR, oriRK2, xylS, Pm→sceI (transcriptional fusion of I-sceI to Pm) This work Primer Sequence Reference Apr fw AGAGGAGACCTAGTTGGCAC This work Apr rv GAGCTGAAGAAAGACAATCC This work cmlA5 down fw GATGGTTTCGTGCGCTCAAAACGTTGAGAGAATGTGGCAAG This work cmlA5 down rv GGAAGCAGGTGCGATTTTCG This work cmlA5 rv seq ATCAATGTCGATCATGGCTG This work cmlA5 up fw AGTTGACATAAGCCTGTTCGG This work cmlA5 up rv TTTTGAGCGCACGAAACCATC This work crA up fw CATTTAATTCACCATTTGAG This work craA down fw GAAGTGTACAAACTCATGAAAAGAGTTGCACAAGACTTAC This work craA down rv CTATTTAGACATGCAGTACG This work Supplementary Table S1
craA fw seq CGAGGAAGCAGCAGACTTTC This work
craA up rv TTCATGAGTTTGTACACTTC This work oSA67 GACGCCCGTCTAACAATTCG Anderson et al., 2020 oSA68 CCCCTCGATGGAAGGGTTA Anderson et al., 2020 oSA86 TAAGCGTCAGGCAGACAAG Anderson et al., 2020 oSA87 TTTTCCACTCTGCTGAAGG Anderson et al., 2020 tetA fw TAAATTTGACAGCTTATCATCG This work tetA rv AAAGGACAATTGTCTCAGGTCG This work