Table 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study.

Bacterial Strain	Reference
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica live vaccine strain	Karen Elkins
F. tularensis subsp. tularensis Schu S4 (NR-643)	NIH BEI Resources Repositorya
F. tularensis LVS emrA1transposon mutant KmR	Ma et al., 2014
F. tularensis LVS ΔpyrF	Horzempa et al., 2010
Escherichia coli DH5α	Invitrogen
F. novicida U112	Karen Elkins
Listeria monocytogenes EGD	Douglas Drevets
Klebsiella pneumoniae	WLU-MCCb

^aNational Institutes of Health Biodefense and Emerging Infections (NIH BEI) Research Resources Repository, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

^bWLU-MCC, West Liberty University Microbiology Culture Collection, bacterial species routinely verified by standard metabolic and physiological tests.