TABLE 3.
S. aureus strains used to confirm the roles of agr in colony spreading and hemolytic activity
| Strain | Methicillin resistance phenotype | Presence or absence of: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spreading | agr | Hemolysis | rsbU | SCCmeca | fudoh | ||
| NCTC8325− | MSSA | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| RN4220(pRN6662) | MSSA | + | Restored | + | − | − | − |
| RN4220(pALC2073RNAIII) | MSSA | + | Restored | + | − | − | − |
| SH1000− | MSSA | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| SH1000−(pRN6662) | MSSA | + | Restored | + | + | − | − |
| NCTC8325-4 agr | MSSA | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| HG001− | MSSA | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| Newman Δagr | MSSA | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| UMCG-M4 I | MRSA | − | − | − | Unknown | V(5C2&5) | − |
a
For the strain with SCCmec, the type is given.