Spatial distributions of Pseudomonas fluorescens colony variants in mixed-culture biofilms

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid	Description	Source
P. fluorescens CHA0	Wild-type strain	[18]
P. fluorescens CHA19	Contains a marker-less deletion of the gacS coding region	[18]
P. fluorescens SCV	Small Colony Variant derived from the CHA19 strain	[2]
P. fluorescens WS	Wrinkly Spreader derived from the CHA19 strain	[2]
pME6010	Rhizosphere stable plasmid, does not require antibiotic selection in P. fluorescens	[19]
pMP4655	pME6010 containing the coding sequence of enhanced GFP with the lac promoter	[13]
pMP4641	pME6010 containing the coding sequence of enhanced CFP with the lac promoter	[13]
pMP4658	pME6010 containing the coding sequence of enhanced YFP with the lac promoter	[13]
pMP4662	pME6010 containing the coding sequence of dsRed with the lac promoter	[13]

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