Table 1. History of bacterial strains and spa types.

BURP spa cluster were named according to possible founder spa types.

Strain	Spa type	BURP cluster	Town of isolation	State of isolation	Source	Predominant spa type
S. aureus FA001	t355	Singleton	Ife	Osun	Clinical	t355 (8) t091 (3)
S. aureus FA002	t537	Singleton	Ife	Osun	Clinical
S. aureus FA003	t355	Singleton	Ife	Osun	Clinical
S. aureus FA004	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA005	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA006	t1931	CC 127	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA007	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA008	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA009	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA010	t355	Singleton	Ado Ekiti	Ekiti	Clinical
S. aureus FA012	t1045	Singleton	Lagos	Lagos	Clinical
S. aureus FA013	t021	CC 021	Lagos	Lagos	Clinical
S. aureus FA014	t069	CC050	Lagos	Lagos	Clinical
S. aureus FA015	t1095	Singleton	Lagos	Lagos	Clinical
S. aureus FA016	t1095	Singleton	Lagos	Lagos	Clinical
S. aureus FA031	t091	Singleton	Ife	Osun	Clinical
S. aureus FA048	t091	Singleton	Ibadan	Oyo	Clinical
S. aureus FA049	t127	CC 127	Ibadan	Oyo	Clinical
S. aureus FA051	t127	CC 127	Portharcourt	Rivers	Clinical
S. aureus FA052	t008	CC 1171	Ibadan	Oyo	Clinical
S. aureus FA053	t091	Singleton	Ibadan	Oyo	Clinical
S. aureus FA034	t084	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal	t091 (3) t127 (3)
S. aureus FA035	t091	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA036	t1045	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA037	t1045	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA039	t127	CC 127	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA040	t939	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA041	t311	CC 1154	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA043	t127	CC 127	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA044	t786	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA045	t091	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA046	t091	Singleton	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA047	t127	CC 127	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA050	t1154	CC 1154	Amassoma	Bayelsa	Nasal
S. aureus FA017	t069	CC 50	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry	t069 (4) t091 (2)
S. aureus FA018	t069	CC 50	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA019	New	Singleton	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA020	t095	Singleton	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA021	t091	Singleton	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA022	t069	CC 050	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA023	t091	Singleton	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA024	t292	CC 1171	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA025	t939	Singleton	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA026	t318	CC 021	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA027	t069	CC 050	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA028	t050	CC 050	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry
S. aureus FA029	t1171	CC 1171	Ilishan	Ogun	Poultry