Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this study.

From: Human antibody responses against non-covalently cell wall-bound Staphylococcus aureus proteins

Strain or plasmid

Relevant phenotype(s) or genotype(s)

Source or reference

Strains

L. lactis PA1001

MG1363 pepN::nisRK, allows nisin-inducible expression, ΔacmA ΔhtrA

46

E. coli MC1061

araD139 Δ(araA-leu)7697 ΔlacX74 galK16 galE15(GalS) λ- e14- mcrA0 relA1 rpsL150(strR) spoT1 mcrB1 hsdR2

(Novagen, Madison, Wis)

S. aureus NCTC 8325

Propagating strain for typing phage 47

64

S. aureus Newman

NCTC 8178 clinical isolate

65

S. aureus Newman Δspa Δsbi

S. aureus Newman spa sbi mutant

31

Plasmids

pRE-USPnlic

ampR; camR; pRExLIC fused with E. coli pBR322 replicon

33

pERL

eryR; pERL fused with pSH71 replicon

33

pNG4210

camR pNG400 derivative, containing BamHI/EcoRI-XbaI/NotI cloning sites, his6 followed by a Stop codon

35

pNZ:LIC:efb

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing efb (SAOUHSC_01114, aa 30–165)

This study

pNZ:LIC:eap

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing eap (SAOUHSC_02161, aa 31–584)

This study

pNZ:LIC:sle1

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing sle1 (SAOUHSC_00427, aa 26–334)

This study

pNZ:LIC:sa0710

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing sa0710 (SAOUHSC_00773, aa 25–279)

This study

pNZ:LIC:atl1

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing atl1 (SAOUHSC_00994, aa 199–775)

This study

pNZ:LIC:atl2

Fusion of pRE-USPnlic with pERL containing atl2 (SAOUHSC_00994, aa 776–1256)

This study

pNG4210:lukG

pNG4210 containing lukG with C-terminal his6 (SAOUHSC_02241, aa 30–338)

This study

pNG4210:lukH

pNG4210 containing lukH with C-terminal his6 (SAOUHSC_02243, aa 33–351)

This study

pNG4210:ssaA2

pNG4210 containing ssaA2 with C-terminal his6 (SAOUHSC_02571, aa 28–267)

This study

pNG4210:emp

pNG4210 containing emp with C-terminal his6 (SAOUHSC_00816, aa 27–340)

This study

pNG4210:ftsL

pNG4210 containing ftsL with C-terminal his6 (USA300HOU_1120, aa 66–133)

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  1. Aa, amino acid residue; ampR, ampicillin resistance gene; camR, chloramphenicol resistance gene; eryR, erythromycin resistance gene; P nisA , nisin-inducible promoter; usp45ss, signal sequence of usp45.