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. 2011 Dec;55(12):5842–5849. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00592-11

Table 3.

Comparison of genetic content of resistance islands carrying fusB

Annotation or function ORF no. or gene name of RIa
 Orientation
SeRIfusB-7778 SaRIfusB SeRIfusB-2793 SeRIfusB-5907 SeRIfusB-704
Integrase int int int int int −
Hypothetical protein 1, 2 Absent Absent Absent Absent −
PI master repressor 3 1 1 1 1 −
Regulatory protein 4 2 2 2 2 +
Prophage antirepressor Absent Absent 3 3 Absent +
Excisionase Absent 3 4 4 3 +
Hypothetical protein Absent 4 5 5 4 +
Hypothetical protein Absent 5 Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein 5 Absent Absent Absent Absent +
SaPIbov ORF-17-like protein Absent Absent 6 6 5 +
Hypothetical protein Absent Absent 7 7 6 +
Hypothetical protein 6 6 8 8 7 +
Bacteriophage resistance protein Absent Absent 9 9 8 +
Similar to DNA primase 7 7 Absent Absent Absent +
Primase-polymerase Absent Absent 10 10 9 +
Replication initiator 8 (rep) 8 (rep) Absent Absent Absent +
Replication origin ori ori Absent Absent Absent
Phage interference Absent 9 Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein 9 Absent Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein 10 10 Absent Absent Absent +
Capsid size determinant 11 11 Absent Absent Absent +
Capsid size determinant 12 12–14 Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein Absent Absent 11–14 11–14 10–13 +
Hypothetical protein 13 Absent Absent Absent Absent +
Bacteriophage terminase small subunit 14 (terS) 15 (terS) 15 (terS) 15 (terS) 14 (terS) +
Hypothetical protein Absent 16 Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein Absent Absent 16, 17 16, 17 15, 16 +
Pathogenicity island protein Absent Absent 18 18 17 +
Hypothetical protein ri17 ri17 ri17 ri17 ri17 +
Hypothetical protein ri18 ri18 ri18 ri18 ri18 +
Hypothetical protein Δaj1 aj1 aj1 Δaj1 Δaj1 −
fusB leader peptide LP LP LP LP LP +
Fusidic acid resistance gene fusB fusB fusB fusB fusB +
Hypothetical protein Absent 17 Absent Absent Absent +
Hypothetical protein Absent 18 Absent Absent Absent +
Transposase Absent 19 Absent Absent Absent −
Hypothetical protein Absent Absent Absent Absent aj2 +
Hypothetical protein Absent Absent Absent Absent Δaj3 +
a

SaRI, Staphylococcus aureus resistance island (23); SeRI, Staphylococcus epidermidis resistance island.