Fig. 7From: Antimicrobial peptidase lysostaphin at subinhibitory concentrations modulates staphylococcal adherence, biofilm formation, and toxin productionTranscriptional profiles of staphylococcal cells treated with or without APLss. Staphylococcal strains (A) MSSA 25923 and (B) MRSA 33591 were exposed to 0.5× and 1× MIC of APLss for 6 h. Transcriptional profiles were measured by qRT-PCR. Relative mRNA expression represents transcriptional fold changes of toxin genes vs. untreated controls. The experiment was performed in triplicate. Error bars represent standard errors of mean. The *, **, and *** denotes P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.0001, respectively. Abbreviations: APLss, antimicrobial peptidase lysostaphin; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureusBack to article page