Table 1.

Bacterial dispersal along fungal hyphae

Strain	Tagginga	Environmental habitat	Motilityb			Dispersalc on:
			SI (mm)	SA (mm)	Fl	M. crassipes mycelium	Glass fibers
Pseudomonas putida KT2440	GFP	Rhizosphere	85	7.0 ± 0.1	+	+	+
Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Δfli	DsRed	Rhizosphere	19.3 ± 5.4	6.3 ± 0.6	−	−	−
Pseudomonas putida UWC1	GFP	Rhizosphere	85	6.7 ± 0.6	+	+	+
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NEU1023		Soil	54.3 ± 9.8	66.7 ± 4.2	+	+	+
Pseudomonas azelaica HBP1	GFP	Wastewater	5.8 ± 0.5	4.8 ± 1.3	−	−	−
Pseudomonas knackmussii B13	GFP	River	27.5 ± 3.9	7.0 ± 0.1	+	+	+
Sphingomonas wittichii RW1	GFP	River	85	ND	+	+	+
Cupriavidus necator JMP289	GFP	Soil	8.0 ± 1.7	34.0 ± 3.5	+	+	+
Cupriavidus oxalaticus NEU1047	mCherry	Soil	6.7 ± 1.2	8.7 ± 2.3	+	−	−
Escherichia coli K-12		Intestinal lumen	85	9.0 ± 1.7	+	−	+
Bacillus subtilis NEU1		Soil	85	85	+	+*	+

^aGFP, green fluorescent protein. DsRed and mCherry are red fluorescent proteins.

^bSI, swimming in NA; SA, swarming in NA; Fl, presence (+) or absence (−) of flagella. ND, not determined.

^c+, positive; −, negative; *, antagonism observed.