TABLE 1.

Vibrio harveyi wild-type (wt) and mutant strains carrying genetic defects in the quorum sensing genes.

Strain	Sensor1 (LuxN)	Sensor2 (LuxP/LuxQ)	AI-1	AI-2	Gene	References
BB120 (wt)	+	+	+	+	Wild-type	Bassler et al., 1997
BB170	–	+	+	+	luxN–	Bassler et al., 1993
BB152	+	+	–	+	luxM –	Bassler et al., 1994
BB960	+	–	+	+	luxQ–	Bassler et al., 1994
BB886	+	–	+	+	luxP–	Bassler et al., 1994
MM77	+	+	–	–	luxM –, luxS–	Mok et al., 2003
MM30	+	+	+	–	luxS–	Surette et al., 1999
MM32	–	+	+	–	luxS–, luxN –	Surette et al., 1999
JAF 375	–	–	+	+	luxQ–, luxN –	Freeman and Bassler, 1999