Table 1.
Bacterial strains used in this work
| Strain | Genotype/relevant characteristics, serotype | Reference/source |
|---|---|---|
| ECOR collection | E. coli reference collection | [20] |
| 536 | Clinical UTI isolate, O6:K15:H31 | [26] |
| J96 | Clinical UTI isolate, O4:K6 | [27] |
| JON47 | J96 clyA + (Kmr) | This work |
| JON53 | 536 clyA + (Kmr) | This work |
| COE2 | JON53 clyA-luxAB | This work |
| COE3 | COE3/pAES1 (sfaX + clone) | This work |
| COE4 | COE2/pBR322 | This work |
| COE6 | COE2/pHMG94 (papI + clone) | This work |
| AD110 | Clinical UTI isolate, O6:K2:H1:F7 | [28] |
| DS-17 | Clinical UTI isolate, O6:K5 | [29] |
| IA-2 | Clinical UTI isolate, O6:H¯ | [30] |
| IH11128 | Clinical UTI isolate, O75:K5:H¯ | [31] |
| IHE3034 | Clinical NBM isolate, O18:K1 | [32] |
| AES1 | sfaX::kan (Kmr) mutant of IHE3034 | [33] |
| AES153 | ∆ sfaY mutant of IHE3034 | This laboratory |
| DH5α | endA1 hsdR17 (rk¯mk +) supE44 thi-1 recA1 gyrA relA1 Δ(lacZYA-argF) | [34] |
| MG1655 | E. coli K-12 wildtype | [35] |
| MC1061 | araD139 Δ(ara leu)7697 ΔlacX74galU galK hsr hsm + strA | [36] |
| M182 | Δ(lacIPOZY) X74 galK galU strA | [36] |
| MC4100 | araD139Δ(lac)U169 strA thi | [37] |
| BSN26 | MC4100 trp::tet (Tcr) | [38] |
| JON33 | BSN26 clyA::luxAB | [8] |
| MWK11 | MC4100 clyA ++ | [8] |
| MWK7 | M182 ΔclyA | This laboratory |