TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Strain	Genotype	Source or reference
Escherichia coli DH5α		64
Listeria monocytogenes
WT	Wild-type L. monocytogenes strain EGDe	65
Δlmo1722 mutant	EGDe with lmo1722 deletion	6
Δlmo1450 mutant	EGDe with lmo1450 deletion	15
Δlmo1246 mutant	EGDe with lmo1246 deletion	15
ΔcshA mutant	EGDe with cshA (lmo0866) deletion	15
Δ4 quadruple mutant	EGDe with lmo1722, lmo1246, cshA, and lmo1450 deletions	15
ΔprfA mutant	EGDe with prfA deletion	48
Δhly mutant	EGDe with hly deletion	56
ΔactA mutant	EGDe with actA deletion	56
EGDe::pIMK3 mutant	EGDe with plasmid vector pIMK3	15
ΔcshA::pIMK3 mutant	EGDe with cshA deletion and carrying plasmid vector pIMK3	15
ΔcshA::pcshA mutant	EGDe with cshA deletion and complemented with plasmid vector pIMK3 carrying cshA	15
KAR987	EGDe strain with prfA(G145S) allele	This study
KAR990	EGDe ΔcshA strain with prfA(G145S) allele	This study