Table 1. Strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain and plasmids	Genotype	Reference
MG1655 ATCC#700926	F- lambda- ilvG- rfb-50 rph-1	Wildtype
ML103	MG1655ΔfadD	[21]
Δcfa	MG1655Δcfa	This reference
cfa++	MG1655+pCA-cfa	[23]
Δlrp	MG1655Δlrp	This reference
lrp++	MG1655+pCA-lrp	[23]
pJDT1	pBad24-TorA-GFPmut3*	[22]
pXZ18Z	pTrc99a-acyl Thioesterase R. communis-fabZ	[25]
pZS-GFP	pZS-TorA-GFPmut3*	[24] and this reference