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. 2018 Sep 6;8:13344. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30813-y

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Difference in rhl-related gene expression in P. aeruginosa isolates. (a) C4HSL levels assessed by a reporter assay. The supernatants of P. aeruginosa culture grown for 18 hours were assayed for C4HSL levels. (bd) The relative mRNA levels of rhlR,rhlA and pqsA in P. aeruginosa. The total RNAs from P. aeruginosa at the stationary phase were used for real time qRT-PCR analysis. Relative mRNA levels were obtained by normalizing the level of rhlR, rhlA and pqsA to that of the rplS. The representative data from the strains with backgrounds of PAO1 (b), bj13 (c), or bj14 (d) were reported as mean ± SD of quadruplicates in an experiment. Experiments were repeated for three times. ****P < 0.0001; P > 0.05, ns (no significance). P values were obtained by one way ANOVA with Bonferroni test.