Table 5.

Strains belonging to cluster B.

	ID	Farm	Type of Sample	pvl	SEs Gene	Biotyping	spa-type	smaI
	1	4	Bulk milk	−	seg	NSH4	t1166	6
	2	3	Bulk milk	−	seg	Human	t1773	7
	3	1	Bulk milk	−	seg	NSH3	t127	6
	4	1	Cheese	−	seg	NSH3	t127	6
	5	3	Individual milk	−	seg	Human	t127	7
	6	3	Individual milk	−	seg	Human	t127	7
	7	3	Individual milk	−	seg	Human	t2678	7
	13	3	Swab skin (ewe)	-	neg	Human	t2678	7
	17	4	Cheese	−	seg	NSH3	t127	6
	28	4	Individual milk	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	29	4	Individual milk	−	seh	NSH6	t127	6
	30	4	Swab skin (human)	−	seh	Human	t127	7
	36	2	Bulk milk	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	37	1	Bulk milk	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	38	1	Bulk milk	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	39	1	Bulk milk	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	40	1	Udder half	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	41	1	Environmental swab	−	seh	NSH3	t127	6
	43	1	Nasal swab	−	neg	NSH6	t084	10
	44	1	Bulk milk	−	seh	Human	t127	6
	48	3	Nasal swab	−	seh	Human	t127	6
	50	3	Nasal swab	−	seh	Human	t127	6
Total	22	4

ID: Identification number of the isolate; Farm: number of the farm where the strain was isolated; pvl: Panton-Valentine Leukocidin; SEs: staphylococcal enterotoxin gene genotype; spa-type: staphylococcal protein A typing result; smaI: PFGE enzyme smaI result.