Table 2.
Lysis of Chicken and Human Erythrocytes on Columbia Blood Agar (Cheung et al. 2012) Plates with S. aureus Isolates from Humans (n = 4) and Poultry (n = 12)
| Isolate ID | Alias | Host Species | Clonal Complex | Staphostatin B (SAAV_C21) Gene Presence | Lysis on Human Blood Agar | Lysis on Chicken Blood Agar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | N315 | Human | 5 | x | ✓ | x |
| 343 | SS_0499 | Human | 5 | x | X | x |
| 437 | SS_0017 | Human | 1 | x | ✓ | x |
| 529 | SS_0119 | Human | 1 | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| 349 | SS_0542 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | x | ✓ |
| 351 | SS_0544 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 385 | SS_0578 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | x | ✓ |
| 386 | SS_0579 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | x | ✓ |
| 388 | SS_0581 | Poultry | 5 | x | x | ✓ |
| 815 | SS_0593 | Poultry | 5 | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| 845 | SS_0623 | Poultry | 5 | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| 853 | SS_0631 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 875 | SS_0653 | Poultry | 5 | x | x | x |
| 907 | SS_0684 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 911 | SS_0688 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 930 | SS_0707 | Poultry | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Note.—A positive result was recorded if a halo of lysis was observed around the colony after 24 h, experiments were performed in triplicate.