TABLE 2.

TCP-related phenotypes in wild-type, tcp mutant, and complemented strains

Phenotype	Result for strain type:
	WTa	ΔtcpC	ΔtcpQ	ΔtcpC pTcpC-His6	ΔtcpQ pTcpQ-His6
Agglutinationb	+++	−	−	+	+
CTXφ transduction frequency	1.6 × 10−7	1 × 10−10	1 × 10−10	2 × 10−7	2.8 × 10−7

^aWT, wild type.

^b+++, wild-type level of autoagglutination; +, moderate autoagglutination.