Table 1.

S. aureus wild type and mutant strains used in this study.

S. aureus Strains	Genotype description	References
RN6390	Laboratory strain related to 8325-4, rsbU−.	4
RN6911	RN6390 agr::tetM	23
AS5	RN6390 sae::Tn917	30
ALC488	RN6390 sarA::ermC	31
ALC1001	RN6390 sigB::ermC	32
PM783	RN6390 rot::tetM	15
VKS105 (double mutant)	RN6390Δagr::tetM/sigB::kanr	This study