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Location of the psm-mec gene in SCCmec elements. The graph shows the location of psm-mec in the SCCmec type III element, near the mecI gene, within the J2 segment. It is also present in the corresponding part of SCCmec type II and some rare elements that contain a similar region, but absent from SCCmec types I and IV. Essential parts of SCCmec are in color: green, recombinase genes, orange, resistance genes.
