Table 3.

Strains used in this study; all strains are pXO1⁺ pXO2⁺

Strain	Relevant characteristics	Reference
Ames	Virulent in ruminants rodents and humans	Read et al (2003)
UT500	pXO2 from 6602 transduced into 7702	Bourgogne et al (2003)
UT502	acpA-null derivative of UT500	Drysdale et al (2004)
UT525	acpB-null derivative of UT500	Drysdale et al (2004)
UT526	acpA acpB-null derivative of UT500	Drysdale et al (2004)
UT538	capBCAD-null derivative of UT500	This work