TABLE 1.

Listeria monocytogenes strains used in this study

L. monocytogenes strain	Lineage	Serotype	Descriptionb	Reference or source
10403S	II	1/2a	Lab strain	102
MACK	II	1/2a	Lab strain	103
F2365	I	4b	Food	27
FSL J1-175	I	1/2b	Water	24
FSL J1-208	IV	4a	Animal	104
FSL C1-115	II	3a	Human	105
FSL J1-094	II	1/2c	Human	105
FSL F2-695	IIIA	4a	Human	104
FSL F2-501	IIIA	4b	Human	104
FSL J2-071	IIIA	4c	Animal	104
FSL W1-110	IIIC	4b	Unknown	106
FSL J1-158	IV	4b	Animal	106
FSL J1-169	I	3b	Human	105
FSL J1-049	I	3c	Human	105
FSL D4-0014(GlcNAc−)	II	1/2a	Lab strain (GlcNAc−)	38
FSL D4-0119(Rha−)	II	3a	Lab strain (Rha−)	38
FSL R9-0915	II	7		38
10403S mutants
UTK P1-0003			NS mutation in LMRG_00542, MS mutation in LMRG_01466	This study
UTK P1-0004			MS mutation in LMRG_00545, MS mutation in LMRG_02979	This study
UTK P1-0006			MS mutation in LMRG_00545	This study
UTK P1-0007			FS deletion mutation in LMRG_00544, FS deletion mutation in LMRG_02528	This study
UTK P1-0013			NS mutation in LMRG_01697, FS deletion mutation in LMRG_01762	This study
UTK P1-0017			MS mutation in 02583, NS mutation in LMRG_01698	This study

^aStrain has not been serotyped; serotype was inferred based on genetic and published information (39, 42).

^bNS, nonsense; MS, missense; FS, frameshift.