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. 2005 May 16;201(10):1627–1635. doi: 10.1084/jem.20050125

Table I.

Bacterial strains and used in this study

Plasmid/strain Properties Origin/reference
L. lactis cremoris 1363 Prophage-cured L. lactis cremoris strain (52)
L. lactis ClfA-positive L. lactis strain expressing S. aureus ClfA (47)
L. lactis FnBPA-positive L. lactis strain expressing S. aureus FnBPA (18)
L. lactis LPXTG L. lactis strain expressing the cell wall-anchoring domain
  of S. aureus FnBPA (amino acid 881–1018)		 This study
L. lactis CD L. lactis strain expressing domains C and D of S. aureus
  FnBPA (amino acid 606–1018)		 This study
L. lactis A-ClfA plus
  CD-FnBPA		 L. lactis strain expressing domain A of S. aureus ClfA
  (amino acid 1-502) fused to domains C and D of
  S. aureus FnBPA (amino acid 606–1018)		 This study
(used for cis-supplementation)
L. lactis ClfA plus
  CD-FnBPA		 L. lactis strain expressing whole S. aureus ClfA (as in L. lactis
  ClfA-positive, above) plus domains C-D of S. aureus
  FnBPA (amino acid 606–1018)		 This study
(used for trans-supplementation)
S. aureus Newman ClfA-producing strain (19)
S. aureus Cowan I FnBPA and FnBPB-producing strain ATCC 12598
S. aureus 8325-4 Prophage-cured ATCC strain
  low production of FnBPA and FnBPB		 (53)
S. aureus DU5883 FnBPA and FnBPB-negative mutant (54)

ATCC, American Type Culture Collection.