Table 1.

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence intensity in wild‐type (WT) and rcs mutants containing amsG and flhDC promoter–GFP fusion plasmid.

Bacterial strain	GFP intensity in vitro (geometric mean ± standard deviation)	GFP intensity in vivo (geometric mean ± standard deviation)
WT (pWDP4)	1.70 ± 0.04	3.95 ± 0.12
ΔrcsB (pWDP4)	1.47 ± 0.02	1.52 ± 0.02
ΔrcsC (pWDP4)	5.64 ± 0.05	2.75 ± 0.15
ΔrcsD (pWDP4)	1.48 ± 0.04	1.53 ± 0.05
ΔrcsBD (pWDP4)	1.46 ± 0.01	1.51 ± 0.03
WT (pSN1)	2.21 ± 0.08	ND
ΔrcsB (pSN1)	8.23 ± 0.24	ND
ΔrcsC (pSN1)	8.86 ± 0.62	ND
ΔrcsD (pSN1)	9.24 ± 0.15	ND
ΔrcsBD (pSN1)	9.66 ± 0.36	ND

in vitro, liquid broth; in vivo, pear slices; ND, not determined.