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TABLE 2 .

Bacterial strains used in this study

Strain background and designation	Description	Source (references)
N. gonorrhoeae FA1090
Opaless P⁺	Opaless phase-locked, locked pilE	A. Criss (42, 43)
Opaless P⁻	Opaless phase-locked, ΔpilE	This study: ΔpilE allele transformed into Opaless P⁺ strain, above
OpaD⁺ P⁺	OpaD⁺ phase-locked, locked pilE	A. Criss (42, 43)
OpaD⁺ P⁻	OpaD⁺ phase-locked, ΔpilE	This study: ΔpilE allele transformed into OpaD⁺ P⁺ strain, above
Opaless P⁺ ΔkatA	Opaless phase-locked, locked pilE, katA::eph	katA allele, transformed into Opaless P⁺ strain
OpaD⁺ P⁺ ΔkatA	OpaD⁺ phase-locked, locked pilE, katA::eph	katA allele, transformed into OpaD⁺ P⁺ strain
mCherry	P_katA-mCherry	This study; strain had to be freshly constructed for each use
S. aureus	ATCC 25923	ATCC
L. crispatus	ATCC 33820, VPI 3199	ATCC