Table. Testing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for presence of methicillin resistance mechanism gene mecC, Spain*.

Isolate source	Year(s) of isolation	No. mecC-positive isolates	spa type	MLST	CC	Antimicrobial resistance profile
Livestock, n = 39
Cattle, n = 5	2011	0
Fattening pigs, n = 34	2009, 2011	0
Wild animals, n = 254
Eurasian griffon vulture, n = 2	2011	0
Fallow deer, n = 2	2012	2	t11212	ST425	CC425	PEN, FOX
			t11212	ST425	CC425	PEN
Iberian ibex, n = 39	2009–2010	0
Mouflon, n = 2	2009	0
Red deer, n = 61	2009–2011	0
Wild boar, n = 148	2009–2011	1	t11212	ST425	CC425	PEN, FOX
Urban wastewater, n = 68	2011	1	t843	ST2676	CC130	PEN, ERY

*MLST, multilocus sequence typing; ST, sequence type; CC, clonal complex; PEN, benzylpenicillin; FOX, cefoxitin; ERY, erythromycin.