TABLE 2.

Mucoid transposon mutants isolated in this study

Mutant	Parental strain	Transposon	Phenotypea	Tn-disrupted ORF similar to:	% Amino acid identityb
FRD444.1	FRD444	Tn5-B50	Mucoid	E. coli PepA (P11648)c	56
FRD444.2	FRD444	Tn5-B50	Mucoid	E. coli TrmD (P07020)c	65
FRD444.3	FRD444	Tn5-B50	Slightly mucoid	E. coli Hnr (P37055)c	25
FRD918	FRD840	Tn5-B50	Slightly mucoid	E. coli Orn (P39287)c	67
FRD925	FRD840	Tn5-B50	Slightly mucoid	NDd
FRD940	FRD444	Tn5-B30	Mucoid	P. aeruginosa MucD (U32853)e	100

^aPhenotype on LANS at 37°C compared to that of the parental strain. 

^bDetermined as described in Materials and Methods. 

^cSwissProt database accession number. 

^dND, not determined. 

^eGenBank database accession number.