Table 4. Presence of host immune evasion genes in the 24 Staphylococcus isolates of this study.
| Virulence factor | Related genes | S. aureus (n = 4) | S. agnetis (n = 4) | S. chromogenes (n = 8) | S. simulans (n = 8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsular biosynthesis proteinsb | cap5H | 25% (1) | 100% (4) | 12.5% (1) | 0 |
| cap5I | 25% (1) | 100% (4) | 12.5% (1) | 0 | |
| cap5J | 25% (1) | 75% (3) | 12.5% (1) | 0 | |
| cap5K | 25% (1) | 100% (4) | 12.5% (1) | 0 | |
| cap8H | 75% (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| cap8I | 75% (3) | 0 | 0 | 87.5% (7) | |
| cap8J | 75% (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| cap8K | 75% (3) | 0 | 0 | 12.5% (1) | |
| Fibrinogen-binding protein | fib (efb) | 100% (4) | 25% (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Immunoglobulin-binding protein sbia | sbi | 100% (4) | 25% (1) | 12.5% (1) | 0 |
| Phosphatidylglycerol lysyltransferaseb (Multiple peptide resistance factor) | mprF (fmtC) | 100% (4) | 100% (4) | 100% (8) | 75% (6) |
Notes.
a
Discrepancies observed in combined automatic annotation and pan-genome data; corrected using BLAST analysis.
b
Discrepancies observed in combined automatic annotation and pan-genome data.