Table 2.
Bacterial strains and plasmids used as reference for PCR and Southern blotting.
| Strain | Characteristics | References |
|---|---|---|
| Bacillus subtilis | ||
| BD662 | pBD90, ermD | Gryczan et al., 1984 |
| BD1156 | pBD370, ermG | Monod et al., 1987 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | ||
| RE25 | pRE25, ermB, tetM | Schwarz et al., 2001 |
| V583 | pTEF1, pTEF2, pTEF3, vanB | Paulsen et al., 2003 |
| S. aureus | ||
| RN3259 | pT181, tetK, prepT181 | Khan et al., 1981 |
| SK5428 | pSK41, acc(6′)-Ie-aph(2′)-Ia, tra+, prepSK41, nespSK41 | Firth et al., 1993 |
| S. haemolyticus | ||
| VPS617 | tetK, ermC | Perreten et al., 2005 |