Table 1. Bacterial strains used in this study.

Strain	Relevant characteristic(s)a	Source or referenceb
K. pneumoniae
ATCC13883	Klebsiella pneumoniae, ATCC 13883	ATCC
ATCCΔOmpK35	OmpK35 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Tetr	TS
ATCCOmpK36GD	OmpK36 L3 GD strain of ATCC 13883	TS
ATCCΔOmpK36	OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Kmr	TS
ATCCΔOmpK35OmpK36GD	OmpK35 deletion strain with OmpK36 L3 GD; Tetr	TS
ATCCΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36	OmpK35 and OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Tetr:Kmr	TS
10.85	Wild-type Klebsiella pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
10.85ΔOmpK35	OmpK35 deletion strain of 10.85; Tetr	TS
10.85OmpK36GD	OmpK36 L3 GD strain of ATCC 13883	TS
10.85ΔOmpK36	OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Kmr	TS
10.85ΔOmpK35OmpK36GD	OmpK35 deletion strain with OmpK36 L3 GD; Tetr	TS
10.85ΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36	OmpK35 and OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Tetr:Kmr	TS
10.85ΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36+ pACYC184	OmpK35 and OmpK36 double deletion mutant of the 10.85 clinical strain with the pACYC184 control plasmid; Tetr:Kmr	TS
10.85ΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36+ pJIQQ-1	OmpK35 and OmpK36 double deletion mutant of the 10.85 clinical strain complemented with ompK36; Tetr:Kmr	TS
10.85ΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36+ pJIQQ-2	OmpK35 and OmpK36 double deletion mutant of the 10.85 clinical strain complemented with ompK36GD; Tetr:Kmr	TS
11.76	Wild-type Klebsiella pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
11.76ΔOmpK35	OmpK35 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Tetr	TS
11.76OmpK36GD	OmpK36 L3 GD strain of ATCC 13883	TS
11.76ΔOmpK36	OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Kmr	TS
11.76ΔOmpK35OmpK36GD	OmpK35 deletion strain with OmpK36 L3 GD; Tetr	TS
11.76ΔOmpK35ΔOmpK36	OmpK35 and OmpK36 deletion strain of ATCC 13883; Tetr:Kmr	TS
JIE1333	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1334	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1335	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1348	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1383	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1462	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1474	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE1482	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE2038	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE2055	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE2218	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	[21]
JIE4101	OmpK36 L3 TD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE4111	OmpK36 L3 TD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE4212	OmpK36 L3 GD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE4609	OmpK36 L3 TD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE4656	OmpK36 L3 TD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE4735	OmpK36 L3 TD K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate	WH
JIE2771	OmpK35/OmpK36 deletion K. pneumoniae, clinical isolate.	[22]
JIE2771 + pACYC184	K. pneumoniae JIE2771 harbouring pACYC184	TS
JIE2771+pJIQQ-1	K. pneumoniae JIE2771 complemented with ompK36	TS
JIE2771+pJIQQ-2	K. pneumoniae JIE2771 complemented with ompK36GD	TS
E. coli
DH5α	hsdR17 recAl; high efficiency transformation strain	[23]
S17 λpir	λpir lysogen of S17 (Tpr Smr thi pro ΔhsdR hsdM+ recA RP4::2-Tc::Mu-km::Tn7)	[24]

^aL3 GD: Gly+Asp duplication in loop 3, ATCC, American Type Culture collection, Tet^r; Tetracycline resistant, Km^r; Kanamycin resistant

^bTS, This study. WH, Westmead Hospital.