The following bacterial strains were used for bacterial challenge and zone of inhibition (ZOI) assays: Micrococcus luteus (lysodeikticus) (ATCC, no. 4698), live Staphylococcus aureus [strain PIG1; Liu et al., 2005 (link))], and Escherichia coli (OP50, NCBI:txid637912). ZOI assays were also performed with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s active dried yeast from MP Biomedicals, Solon, OH, USA).
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