Table 1. Strains and plasmids.
| Strains | Description | References |
| E. coli EDL933 | E. coli O157:H7, wild-type | ATCC48935 |
| KCJ688 | EDL933 + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ832 | Δeae::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ846 | ΔecpA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ834 | ΔcsgA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ848 | ΔompA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ826 | ΔespA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ830 | ΔfimA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ838 | ΔfliA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ824 | ΔirgA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ844 | ΔlpfA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ828 | ΔnanA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ836 | ΔpgaA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ820 | ΔsfmA::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ822 | Δtir::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ840 | ΔyehD::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ842 | ΔyfcV::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ850 | ΔwaaL::kan + pEYFP | This study |
| KCJ806 | ΔompA | This study |
| KCJ1449 | ΔompA+pOmpA | This study |
| KCJ852 | IUPEC | Laboratory collection |
| KCJ855 | V. cholera | Laboratory collection |
| KCJ165 | S. enterica | CDC3041-1 |
| KCJ1332 | K. pneumoniae | Laboratory collection |
| KCJ145 | S. uberis | Laboratory collection |
| pEYFP | Yellow Fluorescence Protein | Clontech |
| pKD4 | Used as kan template | [15] |
| pKD46 | Red recombinase expression plasmid | [15] |