Crowning: a novel Escherichia coli colonizing behaviour generating a self-organized corona

BMC Research Notes

Table 1 Escherichia coli K-12 strains used in this study

E.coli strain	Relevant genotype	Source or reference
MG1655	Wild-type*	I. Tagkopoulos[51]
		J. M. Ghigo[13]
		H. Suzuki[42]
		G. Storz[33]
MG1655 ∆csgD	∆csgD::aadA Spec^r	J. M. Ghigo
NM525	Wild-type*
GS0548	MG1655 ∆rpoS::kan	G. Storz
GS0549	MG1655 ∆crp::cat	"
GS0551	MG1655 ∆pgaA::kan	"
GS0553	MG1655 ∆flhDC::kan	"
GS0554	NM525 ∆csgD::kan	"
MG1655 Str^r	Wild-type*	P.S. Cohen[52]
MG1655 Str^r ∆flhD::cam	∆flhD::cam	"
MG1655 Str^r ∆motBA ∆fliC::cam	∆motBA ∆fliC::cam	"
SK650	MG1655 ∆fimA::FRT-kan + -FTR	H. Suzuki
SK598	MG1655 ∆fliC::FRT-Kan + -FTR	"
BW25113	Wild-type*	T. Mizuno[53]
BW28079	BW25113 ∆(flhEAB cheZYBR tap tar cheWA motBA flhCD IS1)1218	"
BW27870	BW25113 ∆rcsB1320	"
W3110	Wild-type*	R. Hengge[22]
AR120	W3110 ∆fliC::kan	"
GB301	W3110 ∆yhjH::cat	"
GB303	W3110 ∆ycgR::kan^R	"
GB304	W3110 ∆csgD::cat	"
GB328	W3110 ∆fliA::kan	"
GB331	W3110 ∆motA::kan	"
GB332	W3110 ∆flhDC::kan	"
NS48	W3110 ∆ydaM::cat	"
NS49	W3110 ∆yciR::kan	"
AR4	W3110 ∆yegE::kan	"

ISSN: 1756-0500