TABLE 2.

Relevant characteristics of the 23 S. epidermidis strains isolated from the cutaneous flora of eight healthy individuals

Healthy individual designation	Strain designation	Common and additional drug resistance phenotype markera	Genotype designation according to SmaI patternb
b		Pc As
	b1	Pf Hg	BB
	b2	Km Nm Cd	CC
	b3	No additional marker	DD
c		Pc As Cd
	c1	Tc	EE
	c2	Km Nm	FF
	c3	km Nm Pf	GG
f (surgeon)		Pc As Hg
	f1	Ox	HH1
	f2	Fa	II
	f7	Ox Km Tm Gm Tc MLSc Tp Su Pf Fa Cd Ba	JJ
i (surgeon)		Pc Ox As
	j1	Tc MLSc Pf Cd Hg	KK
	j2	Km Nm Tm Gm MLSc Pf	HH2
	j3	Em Fa	LL
l (surgeon)		Pc As
	13	Ox	HH3
	14	Ox Km Nm Tm Cl Em	MM
	16	Km Nm Tm Em	NN
m (surgeon)		Pc As
	m1	Km Nm Tm Em	OO
	m2	Ox Km Tm Gm MLSc SgA Su Pf Rf Fa Cd Hg	PP
	m3	Ox Pf Eb Ba	QQ1
t (surgeon)		Pc Ox Km Tm Gm MLSc Hg Eb Af Ip
	t4	Cd Fm As Pf	RR1
	t5	As	SS
	t8	Fm Cd Pf	RR2
w (surgeon)		Pc Ox As
	w1	Em	TT
	w3	Pf Eb Af Ip	QQ2

^aFor abbreviations, see footnote b in Table 1. Markers common to all strains from an individual are in boldface type. 

^bSee footnote c in Table 1.