Table 4. Virulence profiles of S. aureus isolated from free-living animals.

Number of S. aureus isolates (n) %	Species host (n = 40)	Enterotoxins genes detected	other toxins genes detected
(7)17.5	Fox(6),Marten (1)	see, sei	hla, hld,hlb,lukED
(2) 5	Marten (1), Raccoon (1)	see, sei	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Marten (1)	[seg, sei, sem, sen, seo]	tst, hla, hld, lukED
(2) 5	Fox(2)	[seg, sei, sem, sen, seo]	hla, hld, lukED
(4) 10	Marten (2), Fox (2)	sea, seb, seg, sed	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	[seg, sei, sem, sen, seo]sec	hla, hld,hlb, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	[sem, sen, sei]	tst,hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	sea, see, sed	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	sea, see	hla, hld, hlb, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	sed, sej	hla, hld, lukED
(2) 5	Fox (2)	seh	hla, hld,hlb, lukED
(2) 5	Fox (1), Marten (1)	seh	hla, hld
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	sei	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Fox (1)	sej	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Raccoon (1)	see	hla, hld, lukED
(1) 2.5	Raccoon (1)	see	hla, hld
(2) 5	Fox (2)	sec	hla, hld, lukED
(2) 5	Fox (2)		hla, hld, lukED
(5) 12.5	Fox (3), Marten (2)		hla, hld
(2) 5	Fox (1), Raccoon (1)