TABLE 3.

Sequence comparison of the ica locus between S. aureus and S. epidermidis

Locusa	Size of predicted polypeptide (amino acids)	DNA	Protein
			% Identity	% Similarity
icaA
S.a.	412	76	78	89
S.e.	412
icaD
S.a.	101	72	59	79
S.e.	101
icaB
S.a.	290	77	62	82
S.e.	289
icaC
S.a.	350	71	67	79
S.e.	355
icaR
S.a.	186	89	65	83
S.e.	185

^aS.a., S. aureus ATCC 35556 database sequence accession no. AF086783. 

^bS.e., S. epidermidis ATCC 35984 database sequence accession no. U43366.