Table 3.

Western blot and ELISA data obtained using immune sera against recombinant Ses proteins and whole-cell S. epidermidis ATCC 12228^a

Antiserum target	On respective rSes protein		On S. epidermidis lysate		On WC S. epidermidis (ELISA)
	WB	ELISA	WB	ELISA
SesC	+	+	+	+	+
SesL	+	+	+	+	+
SesM	+	+	+	+	–
SesK	+	+	–	+	–
SesB	+	+	+	+	+
WC	+*	+	+	+	+

^aWB, Western blot; WC, whole cell.

^*, Western blot with whole-cell antiserum on recombinant proteins was positive for all proteins except SesK.