Table 3.

Presence of toxin genes in Staphylococcus spp. isolated from ready-to-eat food.

Species	Combination of SAg genes	Number (%) of Isolates
S. carnosus (n = 9)	seh, sec	2 (22.2)
	tst-1	1 (11.1)
	selu	1 (11.1)
	none	5 (55.6)
S. epidermidis (n = 21)	sei	1 (4.8)
	etd	1 (4.8)
	sec	1 (4.8)
	seh, sec, tst-1, sell, selo, selq	2 (9.5)
	seh, sec, tst-1, sell, selq	1 (4.8)
	seh, sec, tst-1, sell, ser	1 (4.8)
	seh, sec, tst-1, selq	1 (4.8)
	seln, seg, selq, selj, sei, ser, selu	1 (4.8)
	selq, sei, ser	1 (4.8)
	selq, sei, ser, selu, selp	1 (4.8)
	tst-1	2 (9.5)
	none	8 (38.1)
S. haemolyticus (n = 4)	seh, sec, tst-1, sell, selo, seg, selq	1 (25)
	none	3 (75)
S. lentus (n = 2)	sei, selu, selp	1 (50)
	seln, sei, ser	1 (50)
S. lugdenensis (n = 2)	edt, selu	1 (50)
	none	1 (50)
S. pasteuri (n = 5)	seln, selq, selk	1 (20)
	tst-1, sed, etd, eta, selk, sei, sell	1 (20)
	selq, sei, ser, selu, selp	1 (20)
	none	2 (40)
S. petrasii subsp. petrasii (n = 4)	tst-1	1 (25)
	seg, sei, selp	1 (25)
	none	2 (50)
S. piscifermrntans (n = 2)	tst-1, eta, sei	1 (50)
	none	1 (50)
S. saprophyticus (n = 6)	sed, etd, selk, selm, selo, seln, selq, sei, ser	1 (16.7)
	seln, selp	1 (16.7)
	tst-1, sed, eta, selk	1 (16.7)
	tst-1, sed, eta	1 (16.7)
	none	2 (33.3)
S. simulans (n = 9)	sed	1 (11.1)
	tst-1	1 (11.1)
	tst-1, sei, ser	1 (11.1)
	tst-1, selk	1 (11.1)
	tst-1, sell, selq	1 (11.1)
	tst-1, selq	2 (22.2)
	tst-1, selq, ser	1 (11.1)
	none	1 (11.1)
S. warneri (n = 14)	etd, eta, selu, selp	1 (7.1)
	seg, selq, selj, sei	1 (7.1)
	seg, ser	1 (7.1)
	seh, sec	3 (21.4)
	seln, seg, selq, selj	1 (7.1)
	seln, seg, selq, selj, sei, ser, selp	1 (7.1)
	seln, seg, selq, selu	1 (7.1)
	selq, sei, ser, selu, selp	1 (7.1)
	tst-1	2 (14.3)
	tst-1, eta	1 (7.1)
	none	1 (7.1)
S. xylosus (n = 8)	sei, selu, selp	3 (37.5)
	sei, ser	1 (12.5)
	seln, selq, sei, ser	1 (12.5)
	selq, ser, selu	1 (12.5)
	selq, ser, selu, selp	1 (12.5)
	tst-1	1 (12.5)