Novobiocin resistance is conferred by a glycine at position 85 and lysine at position 140 (
Vickers et al., 2007), which is present in all
S. saprophyticus genomes examined here. SSP1924 and
fosB confer streptomycin and fosfomycin resistance, respectively, and are encoded in
vSs
15305 in the ATCC 15305 reference genome (
Kuroda et al., 2005). While none of the other isolates encode the entire genomic island,
fosB and SSP1924 are found in isolates from both Clade P and Clade E. The canine isolate (K) harbors SCC
mec containing
mecA conferring methicillin resistance that has been identified in human clinical isolates of
S. saprophyticus (
Higashide et al., 2008).