Table 3.

BLAST search of staphylococcal genomes for TnSha1 and TnSha2.

Species	Element	Chromosomal*	Plasmid**	Total	Total number of genomes	%
S. argenteus	TnSha1	1	1	2	6	33
	TnSha2	–	–	–		–
S. aureus	TnSha1	61	3	64	4127	1.5
	TnSha2	1	–	1		0.02
S. epidermidis	TnSha1	30	1	31	286	10.8
	TnSha2	19	–	19		6.6
S. haemolyticus	TnSha1	3	–	3	141	2.1
	TnSha2	10	–	10		7
S. warneri	TnSha1	2	–	2	7	28.6
	TnSha2	–	–	–		–
S. saprophyticus	TnSha1	1	–	1	5	20
	TnSha2	–	–	–		–
Total		128	5	133	4567	–

^*The localization designated as chromosomal may also include plasmids present in genome contigs.

^**Only includes plasmids deposited as complete plasmids.