Fig. 3

Overview of the SCCmecIV cassette variability in our cohort, compared with available reference cassettes for the recovered subtypes IVa, IVb, and IVc. Genes are marked as arrows in the direction of transcription. To avoid biases due to misassemble of the region of interest, only cassettes found on a single contig are reported. Annotated SCCmec are grouped together with the closest reference cassette subtype. Some genomes showed insertions of genes involved in resistance to trimethoprim (MR090) and to kanamycin and bleomycin (MF062)