Table 2. Profiles of staphylococci isolated from pork meat and carcass samples

Bacterial species No. of methicillin-resistant strains SCCmec type (No. of strains)
Staphylococci from slaughterhouses (44/311 samples)
Staphylococcus aureus (n=4/311, 1.29%) 2 SCCmec IV (1), SCCmec V (1)
Staphylococcus hyicus (n=1/311, 0.32%) 0 -
Staphylococcus epidermidis (n=10/311, 3.22%) 5 SCCmec IV (4), SCCmec 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.