TABLE 2 .
Recovery of NT SCCmec elements
| Strain | ST/spa type |
SCCmec typing result |
Recovery method | Final SCCmec type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR-based protocola |
SCCmecFinder | ||||
| 75024 | ST152/t355 | V (5C2) | NT | Change from Velvet to SPAdes assembler | V (5C2&5) |
| 75149 | ST22/t223 | IV (2B) | NT | Change from Velvet to SPAdes assembler | IV (2B) |
| 75178 | ST772/t657 | V (5C2) | V (5C2) or V (5C2&5) | Change from reference to extended database |
V (5C2) |
| 75180 | ST5/t002 | IV (2B) | IV (2B) or II (2A) | NT | |
a
The PCR-based SCCmec typing protocol described by Kondo et al. (6).