Pathogenesis of plant-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Caenorhabditis elegans model

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Bacteria strains used in this study

Microorganism	Source^a	Infection/Niche	References
Plant-associated *P. aeruginosa* strains
PPA01	Cucumber	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA02	Cucumber	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA03	Cucumber	Endophyte	[11]
PPA04	Cucumber	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA05	Tomato	Endophyte	[11]
PPA06	Tomato	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA07	Tomato	Endophyte	[11]
PPA08	Tomato	Endophyte	[11]
PPA09	Tomato	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA10	Tomato	Endophyte	[11]
PPA11	Eggplant	Endophyte	[11]
PPA12	Eggplant	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA13	Eggplant	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA14	Eggplant	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA15	Chili	Rhizosphere	[11]
PPA16	Chili	Endophyte	[11]
PPA17	Chili	Endophyte	[11]
PPA18	Chili	Endophyte	[11]
*Pseudomonas aeruginosa* (reference strains)
PAO1	Human	Wound infection	[31]
ATCC9027	Human	External otitis	[32]
ATCC10145	Human	Unknown	[33]

^a The rhizospheric and endophytic niches of cucumber, tomato, eggplant, and chili cultivated in the orchards of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India (latitude, 11°07′3.36′′; longitude 76°59′39.91′′) was used for isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains

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