Table 2.

Comparison of antibiotic resistance profiles of S. capitis AYP1020 and S. epidermidis RP62a and their associated mobile elements.

Antibiotic	Resistance gene (s)			AYP1020		RP62a
	Gene	Product	Element	Presence	MIC (μg/mL)	Presence	MIC (μg/mL)
Penicillin	blaZ	β-Lactamase	Plasmid	–	< 0.25	+	32
Methicillin	mecA	Penicillin-binding protein 2′	SCCmec	–	2	+	>128
Erythromycin	ermA	rRNA adenine N-6-methyltransferase	Tn554, SCCmec	–	< 0.25	+	>128
Gentamicin	aacA	6′-aminoglycoside N-acetyltransferase	Phage	–	< 0.25	+	64
Streptomycin	aadE,	Aminoglycoside 6-adenylyltransferase	Plasmid	–	2	+	>128
	aphA	Aminoglycoside 3′-phosphotransferase	Plasmid	–		+
	spc	Streptomycin 3″-adenylyltransferase	Tn554, SCCmec	–		+