Table 2.

Genes associated with pyoverdine synthesis in P. aeruginosa strains.

Gene	Function	PGPR2	M18	DK2	LESB58	UCBPP-PA14	PAO1	PA7
pvdj	Pyoverdine sidechain nonribosomal peptide synthetase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdX	Hypothetical protein	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdS	Sigma factor controlling pyoverdine biosynthesis	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdL	Pyoverdine chromophore precursor synthetase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdH	L-2,4-diaminobutyrate: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdI	Pyoverdine sidechain nonribosomal peptide synthetase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdO	Pyoverdine responsive serine/threonine kinase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdN	Putative aminotransferase, class V	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdM	Putative dipeptidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdQ	Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
pvdY	Hypothetical protein	+	+	+	−	−	−	+
pvdG	Thioesterase involved in nonribosomal peptide synthesis	+	+	+	+	+	+	−
pvdE	Pyoverdine ABC export system: ATPase and permease components	+	+	+	−	−	−	+
FpvB	Outer membrane ferripyoverdine receptor FpvB, for Type I pyoverdine	+	+	−	+	+	+	−
pvdP	Pyoverdine biosynthesis related protein	+	+	+	+	−	−	+
pvdA	L-ornithine 5-monooxygenase	+	−	+	+	+	+	+