TABLE 3.
Strains.
| Short name | Strain name | Chromosomal genotype | Plasmid content | References |
| SA564 | S. aureus SA564 | Parental strain | pSA564 | Giraud et al., 2015; Accession number: CP010890.1 |
| RN4220 | S. aureus RN4220 | Parental strain | None | Nair et al., 2011 |
| PR01 | PR01 | SA564 hsdR type III mutant ΔpyrFE | pSA564 | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| PR02 | PR02 | RN4220 ΔpyrFE | None | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| ΔRNase J1 | PR01-01 | PR01; ΔrnjA | None | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| ΔRNase J2 | PR01-04 | PR01; ΔrnjB | None | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| ΔRNase Y | PR01-02 | PR01; Δrny | pSA564 | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| ΔRNase III | SVK97.1 | PR01; Δrnc | pSA564 | This study |
| ΔPNPase | PR01-07 | PR01; ΔpnpA | pSA564 | Redder and Linder, 2012 |
| ΔCshA | PR01-15 | PR01; ΔcshA:kanA | pSA564 | Linder et al., 2014 |
| ΔRNase J1new | VG_J1new | PR01; ΔrnjA | none | This study |