Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA (A) and Northern blot of total RNA (B). Lanes 1 to 4, S. epidermidis; lane 5, S. carnosus subsp. carnosus; lane 6, S. haemolyticus; lane 7, S. hominis subsp. hominis; lanes 8 to 9, S. saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus; lanes 10 to 12, S. aureus (lane 10, strain Newman; lane 11, strain CI7; lane 12, strain Wood 46). Blots were prepared as described in Materials and Methods.