Table 3. Dependence of the number of conserved gene clusters in S.aureus on the number of genomes to which S.aureus was compared.

No. of genomes clustered	No. of conserved gene clusters	No. of genes	% of S.aureus genes	Average cluster size	Largest cluster size
5	285	860	32	3	23
10	306	919	34	3	23
15	328	1047	39	3.2	29
20	332	1067	39	3.2	29
25	336	1079	40	3.2	29
30	344	1108	41	3.2	29
35	345	1112	41	3.2	29
39	345	1113	41	3.2	29