TABLE 2.

The CodY target genes considered to be virulence factors in the TCH1516 and LAC strains

Virulence factors	Gene	S. aureus TCH1516	S. aureus LAC
Cell wall-associated fibronectin-binding protein	ebh	Yes	Yes
Clumping factor B	clfB	Yes	Yes
Extracellular adherence protein/MHC analogous protein	eap/map	Yes	Yes
Intercellular adhesin	icaB	Yes	Yes
Hyaluronate lyase	hysA	Yes	Yes
Lipase	geh	Yes	Yes
Serine protease	splB	Yes	Yes
Sbi	sbi	Yes	Yes
Type VII secretion system	esaG	Yes	Yes
Enterotoxin-like K	selk	Yes	Yes