Enterococci in river Ganga surface waters: Propensity of species distribution, dissemination of antimicrobial-resistance and virulence-markers among species along landscape

BMC Microbiology

Table 4 Correlation observed for the prevalence of single/multiple-virulence-markers along with Enterococcus spp. diversity in the landscape.

		No. of isolates (%)
S. No	Combination of virulence-marker/s	Total enterococci	E. faecalis	E. faecium	E. durans	E. hirae	Other Enterococcus spp.	Spearman correlation (r_s)	p-Value^a
1	gelE ⁺	30(35.71)	17(20.24)	8(9.52)	3(3.57)	1(1.19)	1(1.19)	1	0.0083^**
2	esp ⁺	4(4.76)	0	2(2.38)	1(1.19)	1(1.19)	0	1	0.0083^**
3	efaA ⁺	4(4.76)	1(1.19)	2(2.38)	0	1(1.19)	0	0.8208	0.0667
4	ace ⁺	2(2.38)	1(1.19)	0	0	1(1.19)	0	0.4472	0.225
5	gelE ⁺ esp ⁺	22(26.19)	17(20.24)	2(2.38)	3(3.57)	0	0	0.9747	0.0083^**
6	gelE ⁺ efaA ⁺	6(7.14)	4(4.76)	2(2.38)	0	0	0	0.8944	0.0417^*
7	gelE ⁺ ace ⁺ efaA ⁺	2(2.38)	2(2.38)	0	0	0	0	0.7071	0.1167
8	gelE ⁺ efaA ⁺ esp ⁺	15(17.86)	10(11.9)	4(4.76)	0	1(1.19)	0	0.8208	0.0667

^ap-Value was calculated using Wilcoxon matched pair test. **/* p-value summary for significantly effective pairing.