TABLE 4.
pilE PCR products from nonpiliated colonies
| Straina | Total no. of colonies | % of colonies |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | With l-pilin | With deletion | ||
| Parent | 224 | 96 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| ΔmutL mutant | 221 | 94.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| ΔmutS mutant | 232 | 87.9 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| mutS-F32A mutant | 228 | 94.3 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| mutS-S661A mutant | 216 | 80.6 | 14.8 | 4.6 |
| ΔruvB mutant | 25 | 80 | 0 | 20 |
| ΔruvB ΔrecG mutant | 25 | 12 | 0 | 88 |
| ΔruvB ΔrecG ΔmutS mutant | 25 | 4 | 0 | 96 |
| ΔruvB ΔrecG mutS-F32A mutant | 25 | 4 | 0 | 96 |
a
The background for all strains is FA1090 recA6 pilC1PL, with the first five derived from FA7458-1A.