Table 1.
Distribution of detection (gDNA) and expression (cDNA) of genes involved in biofilm formation according to Staphylococcus species.
| Species (N) | gDNA 1 icaA |
cDNA 2 icaA |
gDNA icaB |
cDNA icaB |
gDNA icaC |
cDNA icaC |
gDNA icaD |
cDNA icaD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus (82) | 71 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 69 | 62 |
| S. chromogenes (27) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| S. epidermidis (26) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| S. saprophyticus (17) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| S. haemolyticus (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| S. simulans (6) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| S. warneri (6) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| S. hyicus (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| S. hominis (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. xylosus (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total (181) | 79 | 60 | 24 | 6 | 57 | 24 | 127 | 80 |
1 genomic DNA; 2 co mplementary DNA.