TABLE 5.
Virulence genes identified in MRSE isolates in this study.
| Isolate ID | Virulence gene |
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| Adherence/biofilm | Enzymes | Immune evasion | Secretion | Toxin | Antiphagocytosis | Intracellular survival | Stress adaptation | |
| C35 | atl, ebh, ebp, sdrE, sdrH, prgB/asc10, dltA, ebpC, pavA, flmH, slrA, plr/gapA, fsrA, fsrB, fsrC | geh, lip, sspA, nuc, gelE, EF0818, stp, sprE | hasC, rfbA-1, rmlB, rmlD, capC, manA | esaA, esaD, esaG, essA, essB, essC, esxA | hlb | rmlC, cdsA, cpsA, cpsF, gnd | lplA1 | katA |
| C36 | atl, ebh, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR | geh, lip, nuc | adsA, capC, manA | – | hlb, cylR2 | – | – | |
| C38 | atl, ebh, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR, sdrC, sdrG, sdrH, prgB/asc10, dltA, ebpC, pavA, slrA, fsrA, fsrB, fsrC | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc, gelE, EF0818, stp, sprE | hasC, rfbA-1, rmlB, rmlD, galE, manA | essC | hlb | rmlC, cdsA, cpsA, cpsF, gnd | lplA1 | katA |
| C40 | atl, ebh, clfA, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR, sdrG, sdrH, prgB/asc10, dltA, ebpC, pavA, slrA, plr/gapA | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc, gelE, EF0818, stp, sprE | hasC, rfbA-1, rmlB, rmlD, manA | essC | hlb | rmlC, cdsA, cpsA, cpsF, gnd | lplA1 | katA |
| C68 | atl, ebh, ebp, sdrH, flmH | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc | capB | – | hlb | – | – | |
| C81 | atl, ebh, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR, sdrG, sdrH, asa1, dltA, ebpC, fss3, pavA, slrA, plr/gapA | sspB, geh, lip, nuc, gelE, stp, sprE | hasC, rfbA-1, rmlB, rmlD, galE, gtaB, manA | – | hlb | rmlC, cdsA, uppS, gnd | – | katA |
| C119 | sdrH | sspB, geh, sspA, nuc | – | – | hlb | – | ||
| C122 | atl, ebh, ebp, sdrG, sdrH, hcpB, htpB, orfH, flmH, nueA, tapT, fimC, fimD, fimD, pilU, pilQ, adeG, pgaC | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, plcN, eno | galE, galU, mrsA/glmM, pgi, acpXL, gtaB | flgA, flgB, flgC, flgD, flgE, flgF, clpV1, yplA | hlb, hlyA, cysC1 | algU, rmlB, wbjD/wecB, gnd, manB, uge, wzb, wzc | – | katG, katA, mntB, sodCI |
| C127 | atl, ebh, ebp, sdrG, sdrH, hcpB, flmH, nueA, fimC, fimD, pilU, pilQ, pgaC | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc, plcN, eno | galE, galU, capC | flgA, flgE, flgF, flgG, flgJ, flgK, fliC, fliI, fliR, yplA | hlb | algU, rmlB, wbjD/wecB, cpsG_1, uge, wzc | – | katG, katA, mntB |
| C133 | atl, ebh, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR, sdrC, sdrH- | sspB, geh, lip, nuc | – | – | hlb | – | – | |
| C135 | – | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc | – | – | hlb | – | – | |
| C137 | ebp, icaA, icaB, sdrF, sdrH, hcpB, htpB, orfH, flmH, nueA, tapT, fimA, fimC, fimD, pilU, pilQ, adeG, pgaC | sspB, geh, lip, plcN, eno | galE, galU, mrsA/glmM, pgi, acpXL | flgA, flgB, flgC, flgD, flgE, flgF | hlb, hlyA, cysC1 | rmlB, wbjD/wecB, cpsG_1, gnd, uge, wzc | – | katG |
| C138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| C145 | atl, ebh, ebp, icaA, icaB, icaC, icaR, sdrG, sdrH | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, nuc | – | – | hlb | – | – | |
| C146 | atl, ebh, ebp, sdrG, sdrH, csgG, ecpA, fleR, fliQ, hcpB, htpB, orfH, flgC, flgC, plr/gapA, pilW, pgaC | sspB, geh, lip, sspA, eno | galE, galU, mrsA/glmM, pgi, acpXL | esaA, esaD, esaE, essB, essC, flgB, flgC, flgD, ipaH, clpV | hlb, hlyA, cysC1 | algU, rmlB, wbjD/wecB, gnd, wcaG, wcaI, wzb | – | katG, sodCI |
| C148 | atl, ebp, sspB, sspC, geh, sspA | – | – | – | – | – | ||
MRSE, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.