Table 2. Profiles of staphylococci isolated from pork meat and carcass samples
Bacterial species
No. of methicillin-resistant strains
SCC
mec
type (No. of strains)
Staphylococci from slaughterhouses (44/311 samples)
Staphylococcus aureus
(n=4/311, 1.29%)
2
SCC
mec
IV (1), SCC
mec
V (1)
Staphylococcus hyicus
(n=1/311, 0.32%)
0
-
Staphylococcus epidermidis
(n=10/311, 3.22%)
5
SCC
mec
IV (4), SCC
mec
V (1)
Mammaliicoccus sciuri
(n=29/311, 9.32%)
-
-
Staphylococci from retail markets (3/267 samples)
0
-
Mammaliicoccus sciuri
(n=3/267, 1.12%)
0
-
Total 47 strains
7
SCC, staphylococcal cassette chromosome.