TABLE 1.

P. aeruginosa isolates with different EPS types used in this study

EPS class (type) and strain	Descriptiona	Reference
I (strain with matrix where Pel is dominant): PA14	Laboratory strain	18
II (strains with matrix where Psl is dominant)
PAO1	Laboratory strain	17
S54485	UTI isolate	16
X13273	Blood isolate	16
E2	Tomato plant isolate	16
62	Soil isolate	16
X24509	UTI isolate	16
III (strains with matrix with redundant EPS)
MSH3	Water isolate	16
MSH10	Water isolate	16
T56593	Ear infection isolate	9
IV (matrix overproducers)
CF127	Cystic fibrosis isolate	16
19660	Cornea/ocular isolate	16

^aUTI, urinary tract infection.