Table 2.
Characteristics and bla locus allotypes of MSSA strains used in this studya)
| Clonal complex b) | MLST (ST) | PFGE type | Strain | Origin | Isolation date | bla locus alleles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blaZ | blaI | blaR1 | ||||||
| 1 | G | IPOP38 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1 | 188 | L | IPOP58 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 573 | M | HSJ109 | Portugal | 1995 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| 5 | 5 | C | HSA29 | Portugal | 1992-1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | C | IPOP41 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| 8 | 8 | J | IPOP65 | Portugal | 2001 | 8 | 2 | ND |
| 615 | E | IPOP32 | Portugal | 2001 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | D | HSJ122 | Portugal | 1995 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | 10 | Q | DCC300 | Portugal | 1996-1997 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | X | HSJ130 | Portugal | 1995 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | X | Draftees728 | Portugal | 1996-1997 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 15 | K | HSA9 | Portugal | 1992-1993 | 6 | 9 | ND |
| 20 | 20 | N | HSA47 | Portugal | 1992-1993 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| 22 | 22 | T | Draftees721 | Portugal | 1996-1997 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 25 | S | HSA76 | Portugal | 1992-1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | A | IPOP37 | Portugal | 2001 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | 34 | B | IPOP24 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | ND | ND |
| 34 | B | IPOP34 | Portugal | 2001 | 1 | 1 | ND | |
| NA | B | IPOP26 | Portugal | 2001 | 1 | ND | ND | |
| 45 | 45 | H | HSA19 | Portugal | 1992-1993 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 45 | H | IPOP56 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | ND | ND | |
| 97 | 97 | P | IPOP50 | Portugal | 2001 | 6 | ND | ND |
| 121 | 121 | F | IPOP44 | Portugal | 2001 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| Singleton | 580 | R | DCC1185 | Portugal | 1996-1997 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
a) MSSA strains have been previously characterized by PFGE and MLST[62].
b) Clonal complexes were determined using the E-burst software http://saureus.mlst.net/eburst/database.asp, last accessed on June 04, 2009.
NA, not available; ND, not determined.