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. 2012 Sep 4;7(9):e44506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044506

Table 1. Strains used in this study.

Strain Relevant genotype or description a Reference or construction
B. subtilis 168 trpC2 Bacillus Genetic Stock Center
B. subtilis 168 GFP amyE::Phyperspank-gfp (specR) [17]
B. subtilis NDmedical Freshly isolated from endoscope washer-disinfectors [16]
B. subtilis NDmedical GFP amyE::Phyperspank-gfp (specR) B. subtilis GM2812 [17] NDmedical
S. aureus AH478 Strain RN4220 with a plasmid harbouring a mCherry gene (eryR) [48]
a

spec and ery stand for spectinomycin and erythromycin resistance markers respectively.