Fig. 3.

S. epidermidis 1457 cell growth in TSB with increasing NaCl concentrations and relative embp gene expression by cells cultured with and without 1.5 M NaCl. a S. epidermidis 1457 planktonic growth in TSB alone or TSB with increasing NaCl. b Fold-change in embp expression from S. epidermidis cells grown in TSB with 1.5 M NaCl versus TSB only. Fold-change represents embp transcription in the presence of NaCl stress normalized expression levels in TSB alone. A twofold change was considered significant (dashed line). Error bars are standard error of the mean of 3 separate cultures and RNA preparations