Table 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study.

Strain a	Properties	Source or Reference
L. lactis subsp. cremoris 1363	Wild type	[4]
L. lactis pIL253	Parent strain carrying the empty vector pIL253	[4]
L. lactis Coa	Derivative of pIL253 expressing S. aureus coa	This study
L. lactis vWbp	Derivative of pIL253 expressing S. aureus vWbp	This study
L. lactis Coa/vWbp	Derivative of pIL253 expressing S. aureus coa and vWbp	This study
L. lactis ClfA	Derivative of pIL253 expressing S. aureus clfA	[4]
L. lactis ClfA/vWbp	Derivative of pIL253 expressing S. aureus clfA and vWbp	This study
S. aureus Newman	Wild type	[16]
S. aureus ∆coa	Derivative of Newman lacking coa	[6]
S. aureus ∆vWbp	Derivative of Newman lacking vwbp	[16]
S. aureus ∆clfA	Derivative of Newman lacking clfA	[16]
S. aureus ∆coa/∆vWbp	Derivative of Newman lacking coa and vWbp	[16]
S. aureus ∆coa/∆vWbp/∆clfA	Derivative of Newman lacking coa, vWbp and clfA	[16]
E. coli DH5α		Promega

^a Coa: staphylocoagulase; vWbp: von Willebrand factor-binding protein;

ClfA: clumping factor A