Analysis of acyl-HSLs produced by P. chlororaphis SPR044 and TnMod insertion derivatives. Ethyl acetate extracts from cell supernatants and synthetic reference acyl-HSLs (lane C4, BHSL; lane C6, HHSL; lane C8, OHSL) were separated on C18 reversed-phase TLC plates in methanol-water (60:40). Bioassays were conducted with the reporter strains A. tumefaciens A136(pCF218)(pCF372) (A) and phzI-negative P. aureofaciens 30-84I (B). Lane 1, SPR144; lane 2, SPR244; lane 3, SPR344; lane 4, SPR544; lane 5, SPR644; lane 6, SPR744; lane 7, SPR844; lane 8, SPR044. The arrowheads indicate signals induced by acyl-HSLs from strain SPR044. The arrows indicate the direction of solvent migration.