Table 2 Summary of genetic diversity parameters for spA sequences and concatenate MLST loci from S. aureus strains

Sequence, n

38

38

Sequence length, L

1575

3186

Haplotypes, h

21

19

Haplotype diversity, Hd (standard deviation)

0.939

0.926

(0.025)

(0.022)

Nucleotide diversity, π (standard deviation)

0.0370

0.0110

(0.0044)

(0.0043)

Polymorphic sites, S (%)

191 (12.13)

381 (11.96)

θ (from S) (standard deviation)

0.03779

0.02796

(0.01126)

(0.00143)

Pairwise differences, k

44.570

35.090

Total number of mutations, η

184

286

Synonymous mutations (%)

133 (72.28)

297 (76.74)

Non-synonymous mutations (%)

51 (27.72)

90 (23.26)

dN/dS

0.1348

0.0970

D (Tajima)

−0.40 (p > 0.1)

-

D*

−1.34 (p > 0.1)

-

F*

−1.12 (p > 0.1)

-