Figure 2

Putative genomic island containing the new et gene found in the S. aureus O46 genome. Comparisons with the most closely related putative genomic islands (GI) in strains O11 and RF122, isolated from ovine and bovine hosts, respectively, are shown below the upper line. Arrows represent open reading frames and their orientations. Blue: genes shared among O46, O11, and RF122 GIs. Green: genes shared between O46 and O11 GIs. Yellow: genes only present in the RF122 GI. Red circles indicate genes lacking part of their encoding sequence (hsdM_2 in O46, ete in O11) or presenting a frameshift that results in a coding sequence truncation (hsdS_1 in O46, SAB2081c in RF122).