Table 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Strain	Relevant genotype or description	Reference or source
Staphylococcus aureus
SH1000	Standard laboratory strain	21, 34
8325-4	Standard laboratory strain (rsbU)	34
I10	Engineered small-colony variant (8325-4 hemB::ermB)	48
DB24	Engineered small-colony variant (8325-4 menD::ermC)	4
RN4220	Restriction-deficient cloning host	9
MW2	Community-acquired MRSA strain	2
Escherichia coli
DH5α	F− cloning strain	Invitrogen