Prevalence of Adhesion and Regulation of Biofilm-Related Genes in Different Clones of Staphylococcus aureus

Figure 2

Comparing the differences in the molecular determination of the microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules (MSCRAMMs) and biofilm genes between MSSA and MRSA isolates. bbp: sialoprotein binding protein, fnbB: fibronectin binding protein B, and cna: collagen binding protein. The intercellular adhesion biofilm genes: icaADBC, fibronectin binding protein A (fnbA), laminin binding protein (eno), elastin binding protein (ebpS), and clumping factors A and B (clfA and B), their distribution did not differ between clones associated with MSSA and those with MRSA. Spa refers to Staphylococcal surface protein A. MLST* refers to multilocus sequence typing. SCCmec*refers to staphylococcal cassette chromosome. MSSA* refers to methicillin-senstive Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA* refers to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.