. 2021 Aug 10;12(11):1879–1893. doi: 10.1039/d1md00211b

Bacterial strains, sources and characteristics.

Bacterial strain	Source	Characteristics
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923	ATCC	Methicillin susceptible. Reference strain for antibiotic susceptibility testing
MRSA USA300	ATCC/BEI resources	Methicillin resistant. Most prevalent MRSA clinical infection strain in the US³⁶
MRSA ATCC 33592	William Wuest, Emory University	Methicillin resistant, gentamicin resistant
MRSA ATCC 33592	William Wuest, Emory University	SCCmec: type III
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212	ATCC	Reference strain for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Susceptible to most GPC antibiotics
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51575 (VRE)	ATCC	Presence of vanB
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51575 (VRE)	ATCC	Resistant to gentamicin, streptomycin, and vancomycin. Sensitive to teicoplanin
Enterococcus faecium ATCC 700221 (VRE)	ATCC	Presence of vanA
Enterococcus faecium ATCC 700221 (VRE)	ATCC	Resistant to vancomycin and teicoplanin
Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115	ATCC	Reference strain for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Susceptible to most GPC antibiotics
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	ATCC	Reference strain for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Susceptible to most GNB antibiotics
Clinical MRSA strains	ARLG	See Table 2