TABLE 1.

Strains used in this work

Organism	Strain collection no.		Common name	Origin, other information	Wella
	ATCC	NCTC, DSM
S. aureus	ATCC 35556		SA113	Derived from NCTC 8325, restriction deficient	1a
	ATCC 25904	NCTC 10833	Newman D2C	Clumping factor-positive variant of Newman D2C	1b
	ATCC 49832		3A	Produces restriction endonuclease Sau3AI	1c
	ATCC 12600	NCTC 8532	Type Strain	Pleural fluid	1d
		DSM 20232	Copenhagen	Cell wall teichoic acid	1e
	ATCC 12601	NCTC 6131			2a
			RN 4220	Derived from 8325-4, restriction deficient	2b
	ATCC 10832		Wood 46	FDA, produces dermatoxin	2c
	ATCC 12598	NCTC 8530	Cowan 1	Septic arthritis	2d
	ATCC 31153	NCTC 8178	Newman	Throat swab, produces clumping factor	2e
S. epidermidis	ATCC 35984		RP62A	Catheter sepsis	3b
			O-47	Clinical isolate	3c
S. carnosus			TM300	Plasmid host	3d

^aCorresponding well in Fig. 1.