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Table 4.

Correlation observed for the prevalence of single/multiple-virulence-markers along with Enterococcus spp. diversity in the landscape.

		No. of isolates (%)

S. No	Combination of virulence-marker/s	Total enterococci	E. faecalis	E. faecium	E. durans	E. hirae	Other Enterococcus spp.	Spearman correlation (r_s)	p-Value^a
1	gelE⁺	30(35.71)	17(20.24)	8(9.52)	3(3.57)	1(1.19)	1(1.19)	1	0.0083^**
2	esp⁺	4(4.76)	0	2(2.38)	1(1.19)	1(1.19)	0	1	0.0083^**
3	efaA⁺	4(4.76)	1(1.19)	2(2.38)	0	1(1.19)	0	0.8208	0.0667
4	ace⁺	2(2.38)	1(1.19)	0	0	1(1.19)	0	0.4472	0.225
5	gelE⁺esp⁺	22(26.19)	17(20.24)	2(2.38)	3(3.57)	0	0	0.9747	0.0083^**
6	gelE⁺efaA⁺	6(7.14)	4(4.76)	2(2.38)	0	0	0	0.8944	0.0417^*
7	gelE⁺ace⁺efaA⁺	2(2.38)	2(2.38)	0	0	0	0	0.7071	0.1167
8	gelE⁺efaA⁺esp⁺	15(17.86)	10(11.9)	4(4.76)	0	1(1.19)	0	0.8208	0.0667

^ap-Value was calculated using Wilcoxon matched pair test. **/* p-value summary for significantly effective pairing.