TABLE 1.

Characteristics of S. aureus strains in this study

Staphylocoagulase serotype	S. aureus strain	Clonal complex	Sequence type	Allele (MLST) (arcC-aroE-glpF-gmk-pta-tpi-yqiL)	Reference or source
I	104	Minor group (ST49-ST138)	ST49	14-16-11-2-13-12-14	45
II	N315	CC5	ST5	1-4-1-4-12-1-10	28
III	NCTC 8325	CC8	ST8	3-3-1-1-4-4-3	18
III	NCTC 10442	CC8	ST250	3-3-1-1-4-4-16	27
III	61/6219	CC8	ST250	3-3-1-1-4-4-16	27
III	COL	CC8	ST250	3-3-1-1-4-4-16	TIGRa
III	86/4372	CC8	ST8	3-3-1-1-4-4-3	27
IV	Stp-28	CC30	ST30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	45
IV	85/2082	CC8	ST239	2-3-1-1-4-4-3	27
IV	85/3907	CC8	ST239	2-3-1-1-4-4-3	27
IV	86/961	CC8	ST239	2-3-1-1-4-4-3	27
IV	MR108	CC30	ST30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	27
IV	93/H44	CC30	ST30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	27
IV	85/2232	CC30	ST30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	27
IV	MRSA252-2	CC30	ST30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	16
V	No. 55	CC121	ST95	6-5-6-2-7-14-34	45
VI	Stp-12	Minor group (ST96-ST154)	ST96	12-1-1-15-11-1-40	45
VII	MW2	CC1	ST1	1-1-1-1-1-1-1	2
VII	MSSA476	CC1	ST1	1-1-1-1-1-1-1	16
VIII	Ku	Minor group (ST10-ST145)	ST10	8-7-6-2-9-9-7	45
IX	17573	Minor group (ST130-ST480-ST574)	ST574	72-57-81-2-7-58-52	23
X	19	CC15	ST15	13-13-1-1-12-11-13	23

^aTIGR, The Institute for Genomic Research (http://www.tigr.org).