TABLE 4.

Gene probes used for hybridization in this study

Gene	Function	Species of origin	Reference(s)
arg	Arginine requirement	Pseudomonas fluorescens	46
bkdR	Positive transcriptional activator of the bkd operon	P. putida	31
catB	Muconate-lactonizing enzyme	P. putida	21
dnaJ, dapB, carA,B		P. fluorescens	45
dctA	C4-dicarboxylate transport	P. fluorescens	4
fabF	Fatty acid synthesis	Escherichia coli	32
fliA, cheY	Flagellin synthesis, chemotaxis factors	P. aeruginosa	34
fliP,R	Flagellar biosynthetic genes	P. putida	69
ftsZ	Cell division protein	P. putida	79
gltB	Major subunit of glutamate dehydrogenase	P. putida	10
gyrB	DNA gyrase subunit B	P. putida	77
hemA, prf1M	Glutamyl-tRNA reductase, protein release factor 1	P. aeruginosa	24
hemB	5-Aminolevulonic acid dehydratase	P. aeruginosa	23
hemL	Glutamate-1-semialdehyde-1,2-aminomutase	P. aeruginosa	23
hemN	Oxygen-independent copro-porphyrinogen III-dehydrogenase	P. aeruginosa	23
qor, hemF, aroE	Quinone oxidoreductase, Oxygen-dependent copro-porphyrinogen III-oxidase, shikimate 5-dehydrogenase	P. aeruginosa	72
IS1246	Insertion sequence	P. putida	59
hip	Integration host factor subunit	P. putida	33
him	Integration host factor subunit	P. putida	33
leu	Leucine requirement	P. fluorescens	46
lexA	Sodium dodecyl sulfate	P. putida	3
lpdG	Lipoamide dehydrogenase	P. putida	43
lps	Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis	P. putida	54
modABCD	Molybdate transport operon	E. coli	58
msrA	Methionine sulfoxide reductase	E. coli	39
npt	Assimilatory nitrate reductase gene	P. putida	10
oriC	Chromosomal replication origin	P. aeruginosa	78
osmE	Osmotically inducible envelope protein	E. coli	15
tolQRAB, orpL, orf2	Peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein, cell envelope Tol complex periplasmic proteins	P. putida	64
panB,C	α-Ketopantoate hydroxymethyl transferase, pantothenate synthetase	P. fluorescens	46
pca, qui, pob	Protocatechuate p-hydroxybenzoate catabolism	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	11
pcaG,H	Protocatechuate metabolism	P. putida	40
pcaK,F	4-Hydroxybenzoate transport protein, β-ketoadipyl coenzyme A thiolase	P. putida	17
pilK	Pilin biosynthesis	E. coli	6
putC	Regulator region of the proline operon	P. putida	47
pyrB	Aspartate carbamoyltransferase	P. putida	67
recA	RecA protein	P. aeruginosa	20
rpoD	RpoD ς factor	P. putida	16
rpoE	RpoE ς factor	E. coli	18
rpoN	RpoN ς factor	P. putida	26
rpoS	RpoS ς factor	P. putida	55
rrnA–F	rRNA operons	P. aeruginosa	27
thr	Threonine requirement	P. fluorescens	46
thrS, infC rpmL, rplT		P. syringae	25
trkA	Putative potassium uptake system	P. putida	69
ttgA,B, oprD	Toluene-tolerant genes	P. putida	50, 69
uvrA	UV resistance	P. aeruginosa	62
uvrB	UV resistance	P. aeruginosa	61