Investigation of Biofilm Forming Ability in Staphylococci Causing Bovine Mastitis Using Phenotypic and Genotypic Assays

Figure 4

Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products stained with ethidium bromide. (a) eno gene (302 bp), M: 100 bp ladder DNA marker, 1–8: positive samples, N: negative control. (b) icaA gene (1315 bp), M: 1 kb plus DNA marker, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8: positive samples, 1, 4, 6, 9, 10: negative samples, N: negative control. (c) icaD gene (381 bp), M: 100 bp ladder DNA marker, 2–5, 7–10: positive samples, 1, 6: negative samples, N: negative control. (d) bap gene (971 bp), M: 100 bp ladder DNA marker, 1, 3: positive samples, 2, 4–9: negative samples, N: negative control.

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