TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid	Origin or construction	Characteristic(s)d	Reference(s) and/or source
Strains
Pseudoalteromonas sp. 3J6	Morbihan Gulf, Francea	Wild-type strain; Smr	10
Paracoccus sp. 4M6	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain	10
Bacillus sp. 4J6	Morbihan gulfa	Wild-type strain	10
Vibrio sp. D01	Bay of Brest, Franceb	Wild-type strain	27
Algibacter sp. 1M6	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain; initially affiliated with the genus Cytophaga	10
Colwellia sp. 4J3	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain	10
Sulfitobacter sp. 8J6	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain	10
Vibrio sp. D66	Bay of Brestb	Wild-type strain	IFREMER collection
Alteromonas sp. 1J3	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain	LBCMe collection
Pseudoalteromonas sp. 3J3	Morbihan Gulfa	Wild-type strain	10
Pseudoalteromonas sp. D41	Bay of Brestc	Wild-type strain	20, 21, 27
Escherichia coli DH5α		supE44 ΔlacU169(φlacZΔM15) recA1 endA1 hsdR17 thi-1 gyrA96 relA1	Biomedal S.L., Spain
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1YFP	Wild-type PAO1 strain tagged with eYFP in a mini-Tn7 construct	Mini-Tn7(Gm)PA1/04/03-eyfp-a; Gmr	18
Escherichia coli CC118DsRed	CC118(λpir) strain containing pUT-miniTn5(Gm)PrrnB P1 DsRed	DsRed; Gmr	T. Tolker-Nielsen
Salmonella enterica MB1409HcRed	Wild-type MB1409 strain containing pBK-miniTn7(Km Sm)PA1/04/03-HcRed-a	HcRed; Kanr Cmr	19, 25; G. Legendre
Plasmids
pCJS10	gfpmut3 gene cloned into plasmid RSF1010	GFP; Cmr	30
pRK2013	Helper plasmid for pCJS10 transfer	oriColE1 RK2-Mob+ RK2-Tra+; Kanr	Biomedal S.L., Spain

^aIsolated from a glass slide immersed for 3 or 6 h in the Morbihan Gulf, France.

^bIsolated from a glass slide immersed for 6 h in the Bay of Brest, France.

^cIsolated from a Teflon coupon immersed for 24 h in the Bay of Brest, France.

^dCm^r, chloramphenicol resistance; Kan^r, kanamycin resistance; Sm^r, streptomycin resistance; Gm^r, gentamicin resistance.

^eLBCM, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines, Université de Bretagne-Sud, France.