Table 1.
Strains and plasmids
| Strain or plasmid | Relevant genotype or phenotypea) | Reference or source |
| Strains | ||
| S. aureus | ||
| Newman | Clinical isolate (ATCC 25904) | [66] |
| E. coli | ||
| DH5α | supE44 ΔlacU169(φ 80 lacZΔM15) hsdR17 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 relA1 | Invitrogen |
| CC118 | Δ(ara-leu)7679 ΔlacX74 ΔphoA20 galE galK thi rpsE rpoB argE(am) recA1 | [67] |
| Plasmids | ||
| pHA-1 | E. coli plasmid containing an arabinose inducible promoter 5' of a signal sequence-less phoA reporter gene, Amr | [68] |
a)Amr, Ampicillin resistance marker