Figure 4.

Schematic representation of phenotypic, exoproteomic, and proteomic differences among the S. saprophyticus strains analyzed. Proteins and phenotypic differences (detected in previous works and in this work) related to virulence, pathogenesis, and persistence are shown. TCA: tricarboxylic acid cycle; UroA: uro-adherence factor A; SsaA: staphylococcal antigenic protein A; SOD: superoxide dismutases. Protein names shown in blue correspond to proteins identified in this work. Red protein names correspond to proteins identified by Souza and collaborators [16] and green protein names correspond to proteins identified by Oliveira and collaborators [15]. Blue protein names correspond to proteins identified in this work.