TABLE 1.

Genes involved in holdfast synthesis, modification, and anchoring

Gene name	Locus tag name
	C. crescentus		H. baltica IFAM 1418T
	CB15	NA1000
Export apparatus
hfsA	CC2431	CCNA_02513	Hbal_1968
hfsB	CC2430	CCNA_02512	Hbal_1967
hfsD	CC2432	CCNA_02514	Hbal_1969
Synthesis genes
hfsC	CC2429	CCNA_02511	Hbal_1972
hfsE	CC2425	CCNA_02507	Hbal_1963
hfsJ	CC0095	CCNA_00094	Hbal_1784
hfsG	CC2427	CCNA_02509	Hbal_1964
hfsL	CC2277	CCNA_02361	Hbal_1966
hfsI	CC0500	CCNA_00533	Hbal_2115
hfsF	CC2426	CCNA_02508	Hbal_0100
Modification genes (nonessential)
hfsH	CC2428	CCNA_02510	Hbal_1965
hfsK	CC3689	CCNA_03803	Hbal_0069
Anchor genes (nonessential)
hfaA	CC2628	CCNA_02711	Hbal_0652
hfaB	CC2630	CCNA_02712	Hbal_0651
hfaD	CC2629	CCNA_02713	Hbal_0650
hfaE	CC2639	CCNA_02722	Hbal_0649