Table 1. Streptococcus pyogenes strains used in this study.
| Strain Name | emm Type | Reference |
| 5448/covR+S+ | 1 | 14 |
| Manfredo/covR+S+ | 5 | 16 |
| MGAS315 | 3 | 17 |
| JRS4 | 6 | 18 |
| MGAS8232 | 18 | 19 |
| AP53/covR+S− | 53 | 20 |
| AP53/covR+S+ | 53 | 20 |
| AP53/covR+S+/(pam)− | 53 | 20 |
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