Table 3.

The mean expression ratios of the ALS1 and ALS3 genes in all the C. albicans biofilm samples compared to all the planktonic samples calculated with four different normalization strategies.

Genes	Fold expression calculated with four different normalization strategies
ALS1	5HK	3HK	ACT1	cDNA
Mean	2.98	3.67	5.12	3.35
SD	1.64	2.11	2.33	1.53
Range	0.67–7.54	0.68–8.41	1.85–10.58	1.08–6.57
ALS3	5HK	3HK	ACT1	cDNA
Mean	0.069	0.083	0.15	0.10
SD	0.02	0.022	0.069	0.033
Range	0.042–0.13	0.044–0.14	0.072–0.35	0.046–0.16