Table 2.

Highest probable matches for the 13 variable interspersed DNA sequences in the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) region in ST779/t878 MRSA isolates^a generated using the online CRISPRfinder software tool

CRISPR repeat no.	BLASTn resultb	GenBank accession no.	% DNA sequence similarity	% query coverage
1	Phenylobacterium zucineum HLK1 plasmid	CP000748	100	60
2	Geobacillus thermoleovorans	CP003125	100	86
3	Megamonas hypermegale	FP929048	100	66
4	Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A	FP929033	100	100
5	Staphylococcus haemolyticus	AP006716	100	93
6	S. haemolyticus	AP006716	100	93
7	Shewanella piezotolerans	CP000472	100	80
8	S. haemolyticus	AP006716	93	100
9	Escherichia blattae	CP001560	100	56
10	Methylophaga sp.	CP003380	100	70
11	S. epidermidis plasmid	GQ900454	100	86
12	S. haemolyticus	AP006716	100	93

^aThe CRISPR regions of six isolates were sequenced (isolates M06/0171, M09/0295, M08/0422, M11/0208, M09/0302, and E4449).

^bThe BLASTn algorithm was used to search for similar sequences in GenBank compared to each of the variable interspersed repeats in the CRISPR region in the novel SCC_CRISPR element.