Table 1. Ratio of oriCII/oriCI in V. cholerae strains.

Media	Strain	Genetype	oriCII / oriCI
LB*	N16961	wild type	1#
	YBB995	ΔrctA	1.53±0.06
	YBB999	parS2-B::parS2X	0.85±0.04
M9†	YBB703	wild type/vector	1#
	YBB682	wild type/rctB+	2.48±0.24
	YBB2003	ΔrctA/vector	1.31±0.06
	YBB2004	ΔrctA/rctB+	3.14±0.46
	YBB2005	parS2-B::parS2X/vector	0.94±0.13
	YBB2006	parS2-B::parS2X/rctB+	1.70±0.17

*Samples were obtained from mid-log phase cultures at an OD600 of ∼0.7.

†Samples were obtained from cultures grown in M9-Glucose supplemented with 100 µM IPTG for 2.5 hrs.

#Defined as 1.