Table 1.
Bacterial strains.
| Strain | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DC10B | Dam- Escherichia coli which allows for direct electroporation of purified plasmid DNA into wild-type Staphylococcus aureus | Monk et al. (2012) |
| BL21(DE3) | E. coli used for protein expression; IPTG inducible; Cmr and Kanr | Invitrogen |
| RN4220 | Laboratory S. aureus strain (RsbU-) | Kreiswirth et al. (1983) |
| WCUH29 | Encapsulated human clinical HA-MRSA isolate | NCIMB40771 |
| AH1263 | USA300 CA-MRSA Erms (LAC*) | (White et al., 2014) |
| AH2084 | AH1263ΔairSR | White et al. (2014) |
| JE2 | Plasmid cured derivative of LAC strain, community-acquired MRSA isolate | Fey et al. (2013) |
| MW2 | USA300 Community acquired MRSA isolate | |
| MRSA923 | Community-acquired MRSA isolate | |
| JSAS909 | WCUH29 with pYJY909; Ermr | Sun et al. (2005) |
| WAirR | WCUH29 with pAirR; Ermr | This Study |
| JE2/pYH4 | JE2 with pYH4; Ermr | This Study |
| JE2/pAirR | JE2 with pAirR; Ermr | This Study |
| MRSA923/pYH4 | MRSA923 with pYH4; Ermr | This Study |
| MRSA923/pAirR | MRSA923 with pAirR; Ermr | This Study |
| MW2/pYH4 | MW2 with pYH4; Ermr | This Study |
| MW2/pAirR | MW2 with pAirR; Ermr | This Study |
| NE1787 | JE2 with bursa aurealis Tn in srtA | Fey et al. (2013) |
| NE1787/pYH4 | NE1787 with pYH4; Ermr | |
| NE1787/pAirR | NE1787 with pAirR; Ermr | |
| WSspB | WCUH29 with pSspB; Ermr | This Study |
| Control Pssp-lux | WCUH29/pYH4 with Pssp-lux; Ermr | This Study |
| WAirR/Pssp-lux | WAirR with Pssp-lux; Ermr | This Study |
| AH1263/Pssp-lux | AH1263/with Pssp-lux; Ermr | This Study |
| AH2084/Pssp-lux | AH2084/with Pssp-lux; Ermr | This Study |
| ΔSspAB | WCUH29 with in-frame deletion of sspAB | This Study |
| ΔSspAB/pYH4 | WCUH29ΔsspAB with pYH4; Ermr | This Study |
| ΔSspAB/pAirR | WCUH29ΔsspAB with pAirR; Ermr | This Study |
| ΔSspAB/pSspABC | WCUH29ΔsspAB with pSspABC; Ermr | This Study |