Table 3.

Colony appearance of the P. aeruginosa isolates.

P. aeruginosa isolate	Cluster	Colony phenotype
VD 706	I	++
VD 329	I	++
297	I	+
VD 564	I	+
VD 171	I	++
VD 609	I	++
403	I	+
585	I	+
359	I	++
E-500	I	0
392	I	+
279	I	++
358	I	0
578-A	I	++
PPF 18	II	+
Ortho 1	II	+
Chir D-144 assistant	II	+
Urg 7	II	+
Urg 5	II	+
PPF 19	II	+
PPF 20	II	+
PPF 13	II	+
578-B	II	0
506	II	+
PPF2	III	0
PPF1	III	0
PPF21	III	0
PPF7	III	0
Chir D-144	III	0

Colonies with a mucoid phenotype were scored ++, those with a slightly shiny phenotype were scored +, and flat colonies were scored zero.