Table 1.

Growth rates of E. coli mutants in LB and minimal M9 media (hr⁻¹)

Name	Genotypea	LB	M9 (Lag time, hr)
BW25113	WT	1.22±0.13	0.62±0.05
GD100	Δ tolC	1.12±0.08	0.44±0.05b (4±1.8)
GD101	Δ ygiBC	1.14±0.18	0.63±0.01
GD102	Δ tolC-ygiBC	1.04±0.003	0.55±0.05 (5.3±0.6)
GD103	Δ yjfMC	1.17±0.04	0.63±0.02
GD104	ΔygiBC ΔyjfMC∷kan	1.03±0.01	0.65±0.03
GD105	ΔtolC-ygiBC ΔyjfMC∷kan	1.11±0.03	0.34±0.10 (7.8±1.7)
GD111	ΔtolC∷kan ΔyjfMC	1.01±0.007	0.43±0.08 (1.3±0.5)
JW0117-1	Δ speE ∷ kan	NDc	0.52±0.04
JW2914-1	Δ gshB ∷ kan	ND	0.57±0.04
JW2956-1	Δ gspS ∷ kan	ND	0.55±0.04
JW2663-1	Δ gshA ∷ kan	ND	0.58
GD106	ΔspeE ΔtolC∷kan	ND	0.49±0.06 (1.8±0.6)
GD107	ΔgshB ΔtolC∷kan	ND	0.52±0.06 (3±1.4)
GD108	ΔygiBC ΔyjfMC ΔgspS∷kan	ND	0.58±0.03
GD109	ΔspeE ΔygiBC∷kan	ND	0.61±0.02

^aPositions of kanamycin cassette when applicable are indicated

^bHere and in all other Tables, values in bold are significantly different from the BW25113 strain

^cND, no data. Averages of three independent experiments and standard deviations are shown.