Key resources table.

Reagent type (species) or resource	Designation	Source or reference	Identifiers	Additional information
Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli)	MG1655	Coli Genetic Stock Center (CGSC)	6300	F-, $\lambda -$, rph-1
Recombinant DNA reagent	pZA3R-GFP	Lutz and Bujard, 1997	https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/25/6/1203/1197243	GFP expressed from the λ Pr promoter
Recombinant DNA reagent	pZA32wt-GFP	Lutz and Bujard, 1997	https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/25/6/1203/1197243	GFP expressed from the LacO promoter
Software, algorithm	MATLAB	MathWorks	N/A
Software, algorithm	Oufti	Paintdakhi et al., 2016	http://oufti.org/