Supplementary Table S1. Strains and plasmids used in this study. Strains and plasmids Y. enterocolitica O:9 Ye9 Ye9N Ye9c Ye9H AR4 AR4H E. coli S17-1 λpir TOP10 F’ DH5α BL21 (DE3) Plasmids pDrive pFUSE pFH pBBR1MCS-5 pompR pET28a pETOmpR pFX-P pFX-yadA pFX-0 Description wild-type, pYV+ Ye9, NalR, pYV+ pYV-cured derivative of Ye9 Ye9N, hemR::lacZYA’, NalR, CmR Ye9N, ΔompR::Km, NalR, KmR, pYV+ AR4, hemR::lacZYA’, KmR, CmR Reference or source Clinical isolate, laboratory collection Brzostek et al., 2007 Skorek et al., 2013 This work Brzostek et al., 2003 This work pro thi recA hsdR514 (R+M-) λpir RP4 2-Tc::Mu-Kn::Tn7 (TpR StrR) F’{lacIq Tn10 (TetR)}mcrA Δ(mrr-hsd RMS-mcrBC)φ80lacZ ΔM15 ΔlacX74 deoR recA1 araD139 Δ99ara-leu)7697galU galK rpsL (SmR) endA1 nupG F– Φ80lacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF) U169 recA1 endA1 hsdR17 (rK-, mK+) phoA supE44 λ- thi1 gyrA96 relA1 fhuA2 [lon] ompT gal (λ DE3) [dcm] ∆hsdS λ DE3 = λ sBamHIo ∆EcoRI-B int::(lacI::PlacUV5::T7 gene1) i21 ∆nin5 Simon et al., 1983 Invitrogen cloning vector, ApR, KmR suicide vector, derivative of pEP185.2 with promoterless lacZYA genes, CmR pFUSE with XbaI/SmaI fragment (385-bp) of hemR, CmR broad-host-range cloning vector, ori pBBR1, Mob+, oriT RK2, GmR pBBR1MCS-5 carrying ompR with RBS (EcoRI/BamHI fragment), GmR expression vector with 6His-tag coding sequence, KmR pET28a carrying the entire ompR coding sequence (725-bp fragment), KmR derivative of pDSK602, carries a BsaI-flanked dummy module and gfp coding sequence without start codon, compatible with Golden Gate cloning pFX-P derivative carrying 686 bp upstream of yadA start codon and the first 16 codons of yadA fused to gfp, SpR pFX-P derivative, entire gfp ORF without promoter, SpR Qiagen Baumler et al., 1996 This work Kovach et al., 1995 This work Novagen This work Schmidtke et al., 2013 Sambrook et al., 1989 Life Technologies This work Schmidtke et al., 2013 Literature: Baumler, A.J., Tsolis, R.M., van der Velden, A.W.M., Stojiljkovic, I., Anic, S., and Heffron, F. (1996) Identification of a new iron regulated locus of Salmonella typhi. Gene 183: 207-213. Brzostek, K., Raczkowska, A., and Zasada, A. (2003) The osmotic regulator OmpR is involved in the response of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 to environmental stresses and survival within macrophages. FEMS Microbiol Lett 228: 265-271. Brzostek, K., Brzóstkowska, M., Bukowska, I., Karwicka, E., and Raczkowska, A. (2007) OmpR negatively regulates expression of invasin in Yersinia enterocolitica. Microbiol 153: 2416-2425. Kovach, M.E., Elzer, P.H., Hill, D.S., Robertson, G.T., Farris, M.A., Roop, R.M., and Peterson, K.M. (1995) Four new derivatives of the broadhost-range cloning vector pBBR1MCS, carrying different antibiotic-resistance cassettes. Gene 166: 175-176. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., and Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning: a Laboratory Manual. 2nd ed. Cold Spring Habor, NY, USA: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Schmidtke, C., Abendroth, U., Brock, J., Serrania, J., Becker, A., and Bonas, U. (2013) Small RNA sX13: a multifaceted regulator of virulence in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas. PLoS Pathog 9 (9):e1003626. Simon, R., Priefer, U., and Pühler, A. (1983) A broad host range mobilization system for in vivo genetic engineering: transposon mutagenesis in Gram negative bacteria. Nat Biotechnol 1: 784-791. Skorek, K., Raczkowska, A., Dudek, B., Miętka, K., Guz-Regner, K., Pawlak, A. et al. (2013) Regulatory protein OmpR influences the serum resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 by modifying the structure of the outer membrane. PLoS One 19;8(11):e79525.