TABLE 2.
Properties of investigated S. aureus strains in relation to colony spreading and hemolytic activity
| Strain | Description | Presence or absence of: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadinga | agrb | Hemolysis | rsbU | SCCmec or other SCC elementc | fudoh | ||
| NCTC8325 | HA-MSSA | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| RN4220 | MSSA | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| SH1000 | MSSA | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| NCTC8325-4 | MSSA | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| HG001 | MSSA | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| RN6390 | MSSA | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| RN6911 Δagr::tetM | MSSA | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| SA113 | MSSA | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 15981 | MSSA | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| Newman | MSSA | + | + | + | + | − | − |
| N315 | HA-MRSA | − | − | − | Unknown | II | + |
| COL | HA-MRSA | +/− | +/− | − | + | I | − |
| UMCG-M2 (isolate A) | CA-MSSA | + | + | + | Unknown | − | − |
| UMCG-M4 (isolate B) | CA-MRSA | + | + | + | Unknown | V(5C2&5) | − |
| Isolate C | HA-MRSA | − | − | − | Unknown | Unknown | − |
| Isolate D | HA-MRSA | − | − | − | Unknown | Unknown | − |
| Isolate E | HA-MSSA | + | + | + | Unknown | − | − |
| Isolate F | HA-MSSA | + | + | + | Unknown | − | − |
| Isolate R | CA-MSSA | + | + | + | Unknown | − | − |
| Isolate V | CA-MSSA | + | + | + | Unknown | − | − |
| Isolate X | HA-MSSA | − | − | − | Unknown | − | − |
| Isolate Y | HA-MRSA | − | − | − | Unknown | Unknown | − |
| USA300 | CA-MRSA | + | + | + | + | IV | − |
| LAC USA300 | CA-MRSA | + | + | + | Unknown | IV | − |
| Mu50 | HA-VISA | − | − | − | + | II | + |
| MRSA252 | HA-MRSA | + | + | − | + | II | + |
| MSSA476 | CA-MSSA | + | + | + | + | SCChsd | − |
| MW2 | CA-MRSA | + | + | + | + | IV | − |
| RF122 | Bovine mastitis isolate | + | + | + | + | − | − |
a
+/−, strain showed minimal spreading ability.
b
+/−, agr is present but defective.
c
For strains with SCC elements, the type or identity is given.