Table 3: The genetic profile of the ten representative isolates for MLST typing and the Ridom sequence spa types including their geographic distribution

Isolate number PVL SCCmectype spa
Cluster		 spa sequence
types		 agr
Group 		PFGE MLST typing Geographic distribution
(http://spaserver.ridom.de)
ST Allelic
Profile 		CC
2 Neg IVd D NA I E NA 3-3-1-1-4-88-? ?? NA
71 Pos V H 891 I A3 22 7-6-1-5-8-8-6 22 Europe, Indonesia, SA and Canada
100 Neg IVd F 1257 I A6 612 3-3-1-1-4-88-83 8 SA and Austraila
131 Neg II+SCCmecury A 037 III A 239 2-3-1-1-4-4-3 8 Asia, Austraila, SA, South America and Europe
133 Neg Iva A 037 I A 239 2-3-1-1-4-4-3 8 Asia, Austraila, SA, South America and Europe
134 Neg IVd NT NA I B2 NT ?-?-1-1-?-4-83- NT NA
143 Neg Iva D 1257 III B 612 3-3-1-1-4-88-83 8 SA and Austraila
165 Neg NT NT NA I I NT ?-3-1-1-?-4-3 NT NA
183 Neg I S 012 I, III J 36 2-2-2-2-3-3-2 30 USA, UK, Austraila, Canada and SA
Ridom sequence spa types, sequence types and geographical distribution of spa types identified in this study
Spa types Ridom sequence of spa types Sequence type Geographic distribution
(http://spaserver.ridom.de)
t012 15-12-16-02-16-02-25-17-24-24 ST36 Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Netherlands, New York, Norway, Poland, SA, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA
t037 15-12-16-02-25-17-24 ST239 Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New York, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and UK
t891 26-23-13-23-31-05-17-25-17-25-28 ST22 Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland
t1257 11-19-34-05-17-34-24-34-22-25 ST612 Denmark, Germany, Norway and South Africa

NT: Not typeable because numbers replaced by question mark (?) could not be found on the MLST database; NA: Not applicable; CC: clonal complexes; ST: Sequence types; PVL: Panton Valentine Leukocidin