Fig. 1.
Large chromosomal deletions in pyomelanin-producing P. aeruginosa clinical isolates.
A. Location (in red) relative to sequenced P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 of chromosomal deletions in five brown P. aeruginosa mutants compared with wild-type precursors.
B. Close-up 1A, indicating the deleted region for each pyomelanin-producing mutant in this study. The blue bars surround the genes deleted in all the pyomelanin-producing mutants. The yellow rectangle indicates hmgA gene. The length of the deletion and the deleted genes are indicated. The direct repeats putatively involved in the deletion are detailed (PCR-verified repeats are bold-typed).
C. Name and function of the genes deleted in all the pyomelanin-producing mutants.