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Table 2 Observed sequence homologies of analyzed MRSA strains from various locations, length of DNA sequence analysis reads, and PCR primers based on these sequences

From: Detection of novel chromosome-SCCmec variants in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and their inclusion in PCR based screening

Strain

Location

bp

Homology (%) with accession number (species) corresponding to bp

primer

02M023064

Breda

222

94% U10927 (S. aureus);bp 648-426

F9

JBZ12

Den Bosch

235

93% AB539727 (S. aureus);bp 84645-84507

F13

261207168

Enschede

834

91% AB063172 (S. aureus); bp 169-879

F15

JBZ33

Den Bosch

396

99% EU272080 (S. aureus);bp 794-399

F23

S0121

Utrecht

280

100% EU263618 (S. aureus);bp 655-376

F17

CC8

Denmark ( )

422

99% BK001539 (S. epidermidis);bp 19437-19016

F20

434-1819

Eindhoven

416

99% BK001539 (S. epidermidis);bp 34917-34205

F24

S0089

Utrecht

409

100% AP006716 (S. haemolyticus);bp 52718-52358

F16

582

Utrecht

344

98% AP006716 (S. haemolyticus);bp 91374-91031

F18

060120

Leiden

912

98% AP006716 (S. haemolyticus);bp 30663-29755

F25

303480

Rotterdam

345

CGCAACCTATTTTTTAGTTTTATTTGTGATAtGCT

F8

251110219

Enschede

900

CAACtTATTTTTTAGTTTTATTTGTGATACGCTTCT

F14

JBZ54

Den Bosch

688

No significant homology found

F21

40295861

Breda

417

No significant homology found

F11

40461611

Breda

762

No significant homology found

F12