Enhanced adherence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius sequence type 71 to canine and human corneocytes

Table 1 Strains used in this study

Strain	MSSP/MRSP	ST	Host origin	Specimen	*spa*	*CWAPs*
Strain	MSSP/MRSP	ST	Host origin	Specimen		*SpsD*	*SpsF*	*SpsO*	*SpsP*	*SpsQ*
E140	MRSP	71	Dog	Wound clinical	t02	+	+	-	+	+
Franca 29a	MRSP	71	Human	Nose commensal	t02	+	+	-	+	+
USA 06-3228	MRSP	68	Dog	Skin clinical	t06	+	+	-	+	+
E139	MRSP	258	Dog	Ear clinical	t02	-	-	-	-	-
ED99	MSSP	25	Dog	Skin clinical	t01	+	+	+	+	+
2M	MSSP	257	Dog	Mouth commensal	n.t.	+	+	+	-	-
Eva 70	MSSP	259	Human	Nose commensal	n.t.	-	-	-	-	-

MSSP: methicillin-susceptible S. pseudintermedius; MRSP: methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius; ST: sequence type; spa: spa type; CWAPs: genes encoding putative cell-wall anchored proteins; n.t. = non-typeable.

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