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. 2012 Mar 12;7(3):e33450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033450

Table 1. E. faecalis strains used in this study.

E. faecalis Strain Alternative ID Characteristics Source
OG1RF Wild type Rif r/Fusr [42]
JH2-2 Wild type Rif r/Fusr naturally occurring fsr deficient strain [45]
OG1RF gelE TX5264 In-frame deletion of gelE [43]
OG1RF fsrB TX5266 fsrB deletion mutant [13]
OG1RF fsrB pTEX5249 TX5245 fsrB deletion mutant with fsrABDC complementation on pTEX5249 [13]
JH2-2 pTEX5249 LIV305 fsr deficient strain with fsrABDC complementation on pTEX5249 This study
V583 Vanr [44]
EC23, EC117, EC95, EC207, EC238 PFGE cluster 1 BSAC Bacteraemia Resistance Surveillance Programme (UK & Ireland) [24]
EC126, EC137, EC36, EC127, EC216 PFGE cluster 2 BSAC Bacteraemia Resistance Surveillance Programme (UK & Ireland) [24]
402,463,486,487, 488,489,499 (/96/NIPH) Clinical isolates (Poland) [30]
IS19-IS48 MLST-typed clinical isolates(Spain) [26]