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. 2017 May 18;13(5):e1006339. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006339

Table 2. Strains used in this study.

Strain Description Source
PN4595-T23 PMEN1 strain isolated in Lisbon, Portugal in 1996 Drs. A.Tomasz and H. deLencastre
ΔtprA2 PN4595-T23; CGSSp4595_1262:SpecR This study
ΔtprA2::tprA2 tprA2 gene inserted in the intergenic region of equivalent genes spr_0515 and spr_0516 with 90 bp of native promoter downstream of constitutively expressed erythromycin resistant gene (ermB) This study
ΔphrA2-ABC PN4595-T23; CGSSp4595_1258-CGSSp4595_1261:SpecR This study
This study
SV36 PMEN1 strain isolated in New York in 1996 Drs. A.Tomasz and H. deLencastre
SV36ΔtprA2 SV36; CGSSp4595_1262:SpecR This study
SV36ΔphrA2-ABC phrA2 and downstream ABC transporters (CGSp4595_1261, CGSSpSV36_1147, CGSSpSV36_1146, CGSSpSV36_1145) replaced with spectinomycin resistant gene in SV36 This study
SV36ΔtprA2ΔlcpAMT SV36;CGSSp4595_1262:SpecR;CGSSp4595_1257,1256:KanR This study
SV36ΔlcpAMT SV36;CGSSp4595_1257,1256:KanR This study
D39ΔphrA D39; SPD_1746:SpecR Dr. H. Yesilkaya