Table 1. Overview of transposon insertion mutants analyzed in this study.
| Plasmid | Tn5 insertion site* | Immunoblotting | Agglutination | Phage infection** |
| pGVXN157 | − | − | − | − |
| pGVXN158 | − | +++ | + | + |
| pGVXN158tviB ::Tn5 | 679/1278 | − | − | nd |
| pGVXN158tviC ::Tn5 | 268/1047 | − | − | nd |
| pGVXN158tviD ::Tn5 | 1909/2496 | − | − | nd |
| pGVXN158tviE ::Tn5 | 388/1737 | − | − | nd |
| pGVXN158vexA ::Tn5 | 350/1068 | ++ | − | − |
| pGVXN158vexB ::Tn5 | 679/795 | + | − | nd |
| pGVXN158vexC ::Tn5 | 515/696 | + | − | − |
| pGVXN158vexD ::Tn5 | 820/1305 | + | − | nd |
| pGVXN158vexE ::Tn5 | 1247/1971 | − | − | − |
*
bp of insertion site from 3′ end of the gene/total length of gene.
**
nd: not determined.