Table 4.
Genes significantly correlated with the extreme classes of intramammary infection prevalence (low prevalence, LP; high prevalence, HP).
| Gene | Prevalence Class | |
|---|---|---|
| ebpS ♦ | LP | cell surface elastin-binding protein |
| tetM | LP | tetracycline resistance |
| aur Y | LP | aureolysin |
| fib Y | LP | fibrinogen-binding protein |
| vga † | LP | ATP-binding protein, streptogramin A resistance |
| cna | LP | collagen-binding adhesin |
| dfrS1 | LP | dihydrofolate reductase type 1 |
| clfB ◈ | LP | clumping factor B |
| capJ1 | LP | O antigen polymerase |
| fexA | LP | chloramphenicol/florfenicol exporter |
| fnbB ♦ | HP | fibronectin-binding protein B |
| sej | HP | enterotoxin J |
| ser | HP | enterotoxin R |
| sed | HP | enterotoxin D |
| vwb ※ | HP | van Willebrand factor-binding protein |
| sdrD ※ | HP | serine-aspartate repeat protein D |
| fnbA ♦ | HP | fibronectin-binding protein A |
| sak | HP | staphylokinase |
| scn | HP | staphylococcal complement inhibitor |
| sea | HP | enterotoxin A |
♦ indicates the allelic variant of Sequence Type 45. Y indicates the allelic variant of MRSA252 (CC30). † indicates the allelic variant of BM3327. ◈ indicates the allelic variant of MW2 (CC1). ※ indicates the allelic variant shared by COL (CC8) and MW2 (CC1). ♦ indicates the allelic variant of COL (CC8).