Table 4.
Motility-associated phenotypes, aggregation behaviors, and colonization levels of various V. fischeri mutants.
| Strain | Motility behavior on agar | Flagellation | Aggregation behavior | Colonization level at different stages of symbiosis | Reference | |||
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| 0.3%–0.7% | 0.25% | 12 h | 24 h | 48 h | ||||
| ES114 | Motile | Motile | Normal flagella | Normal | 100% | 100% | 100% | [56] |
| N210 | Non-motile | ND | Normal flagella | ND | ND | BD | ND | [56] |
| NF201 | Non-motile | ND | No flagella | ND | ND | BD | ND | [56] |
| NM200 | Non-motile | ND | Abnormal flagella | ND | ND | BD | ND | [56] |
| DM66 | Hypermotile | ND | Hyper flagellation | Delayed | 50% | 60% | 100% | [39] |
| DM73 | Hypermotile | ND | Hyper flagellation | Delayed | ND | 40% | ND | [39] |
| DM61 | Hypermotile | ND | Hyper flagellation | Delayed | 0.1%–10% | 0.1%–10% | 0.1%–10% | [39] |
| flaA | ND | Less motile | Hypo flagellation | Normal | ND | 20%–25% | ND | [58] |
| flrA | Non-motile | ND | No flagella | Normal | ND | BD | ND | [58] |
| ainS | Motile | Hyper-motile | ND | Normal | [26] | |||
| litR | ND | Hyper-motile | ND | ND | [26] | |||
| luxO | ND | Non-motile | ND | ND | See Table 1 | [26] | ||
| luxR | ND | Motile | ND | ND | [26] | |||
| luxI | Motile | Motile | ND | ND | [26] | |||
ND = Not Determined; BD = Below Detection.