Table 1. Bacterial strains used in this study.

Strain Name in Paper	Genotype and Antibiotic Resistance	Description	Strain# & Reference
WT	ΔVC1807::Ptac-mNeonGreen, SpecR	Transformation with ΔVC1807::Ptac-mNeonGreen, SpecR into a WT strain	JY447
ΔrbmB	ΔrbmB, ΔVC1807::Ptac-mNeonGreen, SpecR	Clean deletion of rbmB in the WT background	JY552 [31]
ΔrbmB+PBAD	pEVS (PBAD, KanR), ΔVC1807::Ptac-mNeonGreen, SpecR	pEVS control plasmid was mated into JY552	XH159
ΔrbmB+PBAD-rbmB	pEVS (PBAD_rbmB, KanR), ΔVC1807::Ptac-mNeonGreen, SpecR	pEVS containing rbmB with an arabinose inducible promoter was mated into JY552	XH160
Rugose ΔrbmAΔbap1ΔrbmCΔpomA	vpvCW240R ΔrbmAΔbap1ΔrbmCΔpomA	For VPS purification	JY286 [41]