Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections. This Gram-negative bacterium possesses one of the most complex regulatory networks, which allows it to sense and adapt to a wide variety of environmental conditions. In this work, several aspects of P. aeruginosa regulation were investigated. A new transcription factor (TF), ErfA, was found involved in the regulation of the ExlBA-dependent virulence in the PA7-like lineage of P. aeruginosa strains. The study of exlBA regulation in several Pseudomonas species revealed a diversity of regulatory mechanisms for this virulence factor due to differences in promoter cis-regulatory elements, which illustrated a mechanism of regulatory network evo...