Table 3 Bacterial strains and sources

Laboratory P. aeruginosa strains:

PAO1(W)

[2]

PAO1 pilA-; PAO1 pilU-; PAO1 pilT-²

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PA14(A)

[48]

Clinical LES isolates:

LESB 58 (T) - Sequenced isolate

[16]

LES 431 (T) - Lacks LES prophage 2

[49]

Anomalous LES isolates³:

O69574 (T); 0521 (T); 43513 (T); 079444 (T); 0342 (T).

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P. aeruginosa isolates from keratitis patients⁴:

39015 (B); 39115 (A); 39103 (A2); 39145 (A3); 39053 (A5); 39135 (C); 39016 (D); 39421 (F); 39061 (I); 39284 (L); 39376 (U); 39129 (V).

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P. aeruginosa isolates from non-LES infected CF patients:

CHILDREN: AH23 (B); AH4 (A); AH19 (A3); AH14 (C); AH1 (D); AH6 (L); AH9 (U); AH7 (A4);

AHCH⁵

ADULTS: NL28 (A); NL20 (C); NL25 (F); NL16 (U); NL21 (A4); NL14 (A7).

RLUH⁶

Environmental Pseudomonas spp:

Strain

P. aeruginosa

159

RJ⁷

P. fluorescens

WC5365; F113; ATCC 17400; pf5; pf01.

P. syringae

‘tomato’ DC300; B728a

P. syringae pv. Coriandricola

Ccola

P. syringae pv. maculocola

M4

P. syringae pv. antirrhini

152E

P. putida

KT2440; Paw340

P. cichori

907

P. avellanae

48

P. phaseiolicola

1448A

P. entomophila

L48

P. marginalis

247

P. corrugata

2445

P. tolaasii

2192 T

P. glycinea

49a/90

P. lachrymans

789

P. agarici

2472

P. viridiflava

2848

B. cenocepacia

K56-2; J2315.

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B. multivorans

F-A1-1; LMG 13010.