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. 2012 Jul 11;7(7):e40586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040586

Table 3. List of strains of Staphylococcus aureus used in this study.

Strain or plasmid Relevant Characteristics Reference
S. aureus
Newman NCTC 8178 wildtype Duthie and Lorenz, 1952
Newman spa Newman spa::Kar defective in protein A O’Brien et al, 2002
Plasmids
pCU1spa + Shuttle vector capable of replicating in E. coli and S. aureus. Cmr Apr spa gene cloned into pCU1 Claro et al, 2011