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TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study^a

E. foecalis strain	Phenotype	Genotype and resistance phenotype	Reference(s)
OG1RF	WT	Wild-type strain; Rif^r Fus^r	12
TX 5266	ΔfsrB	OG1RF fsrB in-frame deletion mutant with deletion of bp 79 to 684 from fsrB; Rif^r Fus^r	16
TX 5264	GelE⁻ SprE⁺	OG1RF gelE in-frame deletion mutant; Rif^r Fus^r Em^r	17
TX 5243	GelE⁺ SprE⁻	OG1RF sprE insertional mutant; Rif^r Fus^r Em^r	15
TX 5128	GelE⁻ SprE⁻	OG1RF polar insertional mutant in gelE with expression of sprE below detectable levels; Rif^r Fus^r Em^r	18, 15

Abbreviations: WT, wild type; Rif, rifampicin; Fus, fusidic acid; Em, erythromycin; GelE, gelatinase; SprE, serine protease.