Table 1.

V. parahaemolyticus strains used in this study

Strain	Description*
VP53	Wild type
∆0220	Deletion of VP0220 (wbfF) in region B
∆0220 plus complementation	∆0220 trans-complemented with VP0220
∆CPS	Deletion of VP0219-0237 in region B
∆VP215-218	Deletion of VP0215-0218 in region B
∆EPS	Deletion of VPA1403-1406 in region C
∆EPS plus complementation	∆EPS trans-complemented with VPA1403-1406
∆EPS plus empty vector	∆EPS with pBBR1-MCS2 empty vector
∆wzabc	Deletion of wza, wzb and wzc (VPA1602-1604) genes in region D

*All mutants were derived from VP53.