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. 2023 Apr 5;169(4):001316. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001316

Table 1.

Quantification of the major QSSMs in cell-free culture supernatants of P. aeruginosa PAO1

Bacteria were grown aerobically or anaerobically in continuous culture at 37 °C (or 25 °C) at µ=0.05 (slow) or µ=0.31h−1 (fast) in complete or nutrient-limited CDM.

Growth condition

Growth rate (μ)

OD600

C4-HSL

(μm)

3OC12-HSL

(μm)

HHQ

(μm)

PQS

(μm)

HQNO

(μm)

Complete

Slow

1.13

12.8

2.04

1.2

2.16

11.3

Fast

1.36

5.8

0.93

0.38

0.3

1.58

Carbon

Slow

0.38

4.7

0.49

0.12

0.05

0.5

Fast

0.29

2.8

0.23

<0.01

<0.01

0.09

Nitrogen

Slow

0.21

4.2

0.25

0.12

<0.01

<0.01

Fast

0.20

2.4

0.17

0.04

<0.01

<0.01

Phosphate

Slow

0.66

6.7

0.51

3.52

6.00

100.7

Fast

0.53

5.6

0.48

1.8

3.2

38.8

Sulfur

Slow

0.3

1.26

0.03

2.9

3.8

122.0

Fast

0171

0.65

0.08

0.3

0.2

4.8

Iron

Slow

1.29

1.6

0.024

0.57

1.43

7.4

Fast

1.02

0.8

0.04

0.59

1.01

1.81

Magnesium

Slow

1.39

4.8

0.21

0.43

0.52

0.52

Fast

1.54

1.5

0.35

0.34

0.19

0.11

Anaerobic

Slow

0.18

2.12

0.24

0.13

0.26

0.45

Fast

0.15

0.2

<0.01

0.04

<0.01

0.10

25 °C

Slow

1.02

9.33

0.42

0.03

0.06

0.77

Fast

0.58

6.04

0.45

0.02

0.04

0.54