Genetic Diversity of Staphylocoagulase Genes (coa): Insight into the Evolution of Variable Chromosomal Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

. Although SCs have been classified into 10 serotypes based on the differences in the antigenicity, genetic bases for their diversities and relatedness to chromosome types are poorly understood. type except for the cases of CC1 and CC8, which contained two and three different SC types, respectively. loci, resulting in the carriage of the combinations of allotypically different important virulence determinants in staphylococcal chromosome