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. 2026 Mar 20;26:412. doi: 10.1186/s12866-026-04959-z

Table 2.

Genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from ewes in four different farms in Norway. Genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus isolates (n = 101) originating from ewes at four different sheep farms in Norway, based on cap-type, multilocus sequence type and spa-type

Farm A B C D
County X X X Y
Capsular Polysaccharide (cap) Clonal Complex MLST spa-type Before grazing Grazing (clinical mastitis) After grazing Before grazing After grazing Before grazing After grazing Before grazing After grazing Total
5 CC8 ST8 t1171 - - - - - - - 1 2 5
t1476 - - - - - - - 1 1
CC9 ST9 tNew1* 1 - 1 1 - - - 3
CC49 ST49 t208 4 - 7 - - 1 1 - - 24
t1207 - - - - - 2 2 - -
t7750 1 - - - - - - - -
t11807 - - - - 1 - - - -
tNew2* - - - 2 3 - - - -
CC136 ST8775 t3853 - - - - - - - 2 1 3
8 CC30 ST30 t964 - - - 7 9 - - - - 16
CC130 ST130 t1773 - - - 6 8 - - 14
CC131 ST133 t2678 - 1 5 2 3 - - 35
t5592 - - - - - - - - 1
t7302 - - - - - - - - 1
t15249 4 2 3 3 3 - - . -
tNew3/4* 4 1 2 - - - - - -
ST1640 t4453 - - 1 - - - - 1
Total 14 14 14 21 11 14 4 6 101

* Based on the genome sequencing and assignment of repeats using spaTyper tNew1: 07-16-23-02-12-23-02-20-34 (n = 3), tNew2: 04-20-17-17-31-31-24-17-17 (n = 5), tNew3: 03-16-12-437-17-23-13-17-17 (n = 6), tNew4: 03-12-437-17-23-13-17-17 (n = 1)