Table 1.
Listeria strains used
| Strain | Genotype | Characteristics | Source or ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. monocytogenes | |||
| Sv 1/2a EGD | WT | S. H. E. Kaufmann | |
| Sv 4b ATCC 19115 | WT | ATCC | |
| DP-L2161 | Δhly | In-frame deletion | D. A. Portnoy (56) |
| A42 | ΔprfA | In-frame deletion | B. Middendorf (57) |
| E5 | Δmpl | In-frame deletion | R. Böckmann (58) |
| A49 | ΔactA | In-frame deletion | This study |
| WL-103 | ΔplcB | In-frame deletion | This study |
| WL-105 | ΔplcA | In-frame deletion | This study |
| WL-106 | Δ(plcA,plcB) | In-frame deletion | This study |
| Δ2 | Δ(mpl,actA,plcB) | In-frame deletion | This study |
| A76 | ΔinlA | In-frame deletion | R. Böckmann (58) |
| PKP-1 | Δ(plcA,hly,mpl,actA,plcB) | In-frame deletion and insertion of kanR cassette | C. Ochs (21) |
| L. innocua | |||
| Sv 6a NCTC 11288 | WT | NCTC | |
| Sv 6a ATCC 33090 | ATCC | ||
| INN-LLO | prfA+,hly+ | LLO+ | This study |
ATCC; American Type Culture Collection; NCTC; National Cancer Tissue Cultures, National Institutes of Health; WT, wild type.