TABLE 1.
Characteristics of 15 Staphylococcus aureus strains used in this study.
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| Strain | Institutionb | TSSc | CCd | STe | SCCmec type | sea | seb | sec | seg | sei | sell | selm | seln | selo | selp | selu | tst |
| Sak-1 | A | + | CC-5 | ST-5 | Type II | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB3007 | B | + | CC-5 | ST-5 | Type II | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB3024 | C | + | CC-5 | ST-5 | MSSA | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| N315 | D | − | CC-5 | ST-5 | Type II | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| JMUB4687 | E | − | CC-5 | ST-2809 | Type II | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB4716 | E | − | CC-5 | ST-2809 | Type II | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB3011 | F | + | CC-8 | ST-8 | Type IV | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
| JMUB3035 | G | + | CC-8 | ST-8 | MSSA | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| JMUB3036 | H | + | CC-8 | ST-8 | MSSA | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
| JMUB4633 | E | − | CC-8 | ST-8 | Type IV | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
| JMUB4688 | E | − | CC-8 | ST-8 | Type IV | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| JMUB4700 | E | − | CC-8 | ST-8 | Type IV | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
| JMUB3038 | I | + | CC-30 | ST-30 | MSSA | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB4692 | E | − | CC-30 | ST-30 | MSSA | − | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| JMUB4641 | E | − | CC-30 | ST-30 | MSSA | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + |
aRepresentative superantigen genes identified on the genome sequence are listed.
bMedical institution where the S. aureus strains were obtained are anonymized.
cTSS denotes a bacterial strain that was isolated from a toxic shock syndrome patient.
dCC, Clonal complex.
eST, Multi-locus sequene type (MLST). + indicates the strain which possessed the corresponding toxin. − indicates the strain which did not possess the toxin.