†Constitutive mecA expression; however, in the presence of the bla regulatory elements BlaI and BlaR1 mecA expression may be under regulatory control of these elements.
ermA ars: Arsenic resistance.
The classification is based on the information provided by the SCCmec website curated by the International Working Group on the Classification of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements [202]. See text for further details.