Population Diversification in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms May Promote Dissemination and Persistence
Figure 2
Quantification of morphological variants of S. aureus SH1000 arising in planktonic cultures (denoted by ‘P’) and CDS biofilms (denoted by ‘B’).
(A) WVs and (B) LPVs (white and grey bars indicate the proportion of variants present in the adherent and nonadherent phase, respectively). Data are the means of three experimental replicates, and error bars indicate standard error.