Fig. 2: ComK2 inhibits competence and natural transformation under strong O2 limitation. | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: ComK2 inhibits competence and natural transformation under strong O2 limitation.

From: ComK2 represses competence development for natural transformation in Staphylococcus aureus grown under strong oxygen limitation

Fig. 2

The percentage of the population expressing GFP under control of PcomG (St29, St51, St40, and St 41) (a) or Pssb (St50, St61, St64, and St67) (b) in a wild-type background or in the absence of sigH, comK1, or comK2 was determined after 26 h of growth in GS medium. Results are presented as mean ± SD. Each experiment has been repeated at least four times (biological replicates). Individual experiments are shown as blue circles. Statistical significance was evaluated by two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s posthoc test as follows: ***P < 0.001 and *P < 0.05.

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