Table 1.
Bacterial species and plasmids.
| Bacterial species | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus USA300 | USA300 LAC; hypervirulent community-associated MRSA; cured of antibiotic resistance plasmid. | Laboratory stock |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | Wild-type, ATCC 4284 | Laboratory stock |
| Citrobacter rodentium DBS100 | Wild-type | Dr. B. Coombes McMaster University |
| Escherichia coli DH5α | F-ϕ 80dlacZΔM15 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 hsdR17 (rK- mK+) supE44 relA1 deoR Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 phoA λ | Laboratory stock |
| E. coli ML35 | Dr. S. Koval, Western University | |
| Plasmids | ||
| PprsA::gfp | Constitutive S. aureus GFP expression vector; Ampr Eryr | Sayedyahossein et al., 2015 |
| pCG44 | E. coli/S. aureus shuttle vector for constitutive expression of pHluorin in S. aureus and used here as a GFP expression vector; Ampr Cmr | Gries et al., 2016 |
| pFPV25.1 | Constitutive GFP expression vector with the promoter of rpsM from S. typhimurium driving GFPpmut3; Ampr | Valdivia and Falkow, 1996 |