Virulence of the Pseudomonas fluorescens clinical strain MFN1032 towards Dictyostelium discoideumand macrophages in relation with type III secretion system

Table 1 Bacterial strains used in this study, origins, growth temperatures and references

Species	Strains	Optimal growth temperature (°C)	Origins	References
Pseudomonas fluorescens	SBW25	28°C	Field grown-sugar beet	[25]
	C7R12		Flax rhizosphere	[27]
	MF37		Milk tank	[39]
	MFY63		Clinical (urine)	[6]
	MFY70		Clinical (abscess)	[6]
	MFY162		Clinical (sputum)	[6]
	MFN1032		Clinical (sputum)	[11]
	MFN1030		MFN1032 hrpU-like operon mutant	[15]
	MFN1030- pBBR1MCS-5		MFN1030 carrying pBBR1MCS-5	This study
	MFN1030-pBBR-rscSTU		MFN1030 carrying rscSTU genes of SBW25 cloned into pBBR1MCS-5	This study
	MFN1031		MFN1030 revertant	[15]
	V1		MFN1032 spontaneous gacA mutant	[9]
	V1gacA		V1 carrying the gacA gene (plasmid pMP5565)	[9]
	V3		MFN1032 Variant group 2 (Cyclolipopeptides -)	[9, 14]
Pseudomonas syringae	DC3000		Tomato	[40]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	CHA	37°C	Clinical	[41]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	PA14		Clinical	[42]
Klebsiella aerogenes	KA		Environmental	[43]

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