Table 1.

Genome characteristics of each species based on isolates used in this study.

Genome characteristic	S. epidermidis (N = 49)	S. capitis (N = 22)	S. hominis (N = 55)
Mean Genome Size (Mb)	2.507317 ± 0.085426	2.480510 ± 0.049336	2.273876 ± 0.077851*
Mean GC-content (%)	36.7 ± 0.2	36.9 ± 0.3	36.2 ± 0.2
Mean number of protein coding genes (CDS)	2315 ± 88	2378 ± 47	2195 ± 93**

*, ** S. hominis has a significantly smaller genome and encodes fewer CDSs than the other two species surveyed (p < 0.01, one-way ANOVA, post hoc Tukey’s HSD)