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. 2018 Mar 29;7:45. doi: 10.1038/s41426-018-0048-7

Fig. 6. The carrying and expression levels of genes related to adhesion and biofilm formation.

Fig. 6

a The mapping depths of 19 adhesion and biofilm formation genes were detected in all ST188 isolates of this study. A gene with a two-fold higher mapping depth than the average genome sequencing depth was determined as a gene with multiple (≥2) copies (dark blue splits). Genes with one copy were indicated by light blue splits, and genes represented by white splits were determined as absent. b, c Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of genes with multiple (≥2) copies in host-adapted S. aureus ST188 compared with that of host-adapted S. aureus ST398 (10 isolates were randomly selected/lineage). *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; NS, not significant (P ≥ 0.05)