Table 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Name	Genotype or description	Source
Strain
ATCC15692 (PAO1)	Sequenced strain	Xu et al. (2005)
PA47	Clinical strain; Strong biofilm formation ability	Qu et al. (2016)
PA47∆pslA	Unmarked deletion of pslA	This laboratory
PA01	Clinical strain	Qu et al. (2016)
PA07	Clinical strain	Qu et al. (2016)
PA09	Clinical strain	Qu et al. (2016)
E. coli DH5α	E. coli strain; F‐φ80lacZ ∆M15 recA1 and A1 hsdR17 supE44 thi−1 gyrA96 relA1 (lacZYA‐argF) U169 λpir lysogen	Luo, He, Dou, Zhang, and Shen (2015)
Plasmid
pLP12	Vector; vmi480; chloramphenicolR(ChlR)	Demarre et al. (2005)
pLP12‐∆pslA	pLP derivative for unmarked deletion of pslA; ChlR	This laboratory