TABLE 1.
Alginate phenotype in mutant strains
| Strain and genotype | Phenotype ofa: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No-vector control | Vector |
pMucE |
pMucD |
pAlgO |
pMucP |
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| NON | IND | NON | IND | NON | IND | NON | IND | NON | IND | ||
| PAO1 | |||||||||||
| Wild type | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| ΔmucE | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| ΔalgO | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| ΔalgW | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| PDO300 | |||||||||||
| Wild type | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| ΔmucE | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | N/G | + | N/G |
| ΔalgO | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | N/G | + | N/G |
| ΔalgW | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
a
NON, noninduced; IND, induced with 1 mM IPTG; N/G, no growth; +, mucoid; −, nonmucoid.