TABLE 2.

Direct transcript analysis of five CF sputum samples containing dissimilar S. aureus phenotypes^a

Sputum sample no.	Iso	No. of CFU/ml of sputum	GT	Amt (amol/amol of gyr) ofb:
				RNAIII			spa			hla
				exp	p exp	s	exp	p exp	s	exp	p exp	s
7	7B	4 × 106	1	0	12.5	0	5	25	6	0	0.13	1
	7C	1 × 106	1	0	4		10	20		0	1
8	8A	1 × 107	19	2	150	8	2	5	2	0.02	0.5	0.03
	8B	3 × 106	2	0.2	2.5		5	5		0.08	0.4
	8C	1 × 107	60	3	200		2	5		0.01	0.1
9	9A	8 × 105	20	0.08	2	0.2	0.8	4	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.1
	9B	4 × 105	20	1.25	150		0.5	0		0.15	0.15
10	10A	4 × 106	36	3	300	15	0.5	0.2	0.25	0.05	2	1.25
	10B	1 × 106	36	0.8	200		5	2.5		0.065	2
13	13A	1 × 104	48	40	250	100	0	0	2	0.16	1.6	1
	13B	5 × 105	63	4.5	100		0.6	5		0.12	0.4

^aIso, isolate; GT, genome type. 

^bexp, exponential growth phase; p exp, postexponential growth phase; s, sputum (values are for sputum sample, regardless of isolate).