TABLE 2.

Sequenced and annotated genomes of S. aureus strains

Strain	Origina	Genome size (kbp)		No. of protein-encoding genes
		Chromosome	Plasmid	Chromosome	Plasmid
COL	Hospital-acquired MRSA	2,809	4	2,615	3
MRSA252	Hospital-acquired MRSA	2,903		2,656
MSSA476	Community-acquired MSSA	2,800	21	2,579	19
Mu50	Hospital-acquired VISA	2,879	25	2,697	34
MW2	Community-acquired MRSA	2,820		2,632
N315	Hospital-acquired MRSA	2,815	25	2,588	31
NCTC8325	Hospital-acquired MSSA	2,821		2,892
USA300	Community-acquired MRSA	2,873	45	2,560	44
RF122	Bovine mastitis isolate	2,743		2,515

^aMSSA, methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.