Strain MSHR1132T was isolated from blood cultures of an
Indigenous patient from Darwin, Australia (Holt et al.,
2011); and strain FSA084T was isolated from the nares of a
red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) from Gabon,
Africa (Schaumburg et al., 2012). Both strains grew on
tryptone soy agar (TSA) at 37 uC with large, round, smooth
colonies similar to typical S. aureus. Colonies of FSA084