Fig. 2.

Plasmid profiles of S. aureus parent isolates and their resistant variants subjected to thymoquinone (TQ) and/or antimicrobials and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and/or TQ. Lanes 1 and 4: parent isolates from pus (PU) samples; PU1 and PU9, respectively, lanes 2 and 3: curing results of PU1 with TQ and SDS, respectively, lanes 5, 6, 7 and 8: curing results of PU9 with SDS, TQ, TQ/doxycycline and TQ/doxycycline/gentamycin, respectively, M: 100 Kb marker.