Fig. 1

Relationship between biofilm production and molecular genotypes. a Box and whisker plot showing the relationship between biofilm production and MLST types. b Box and whisker plot showing the relationship between biofilm production and spa types. c OD492 values (indicated by multiples of ODc) distributions of predominant STs (n ≥ 10). d Comparison of OD492 values between SCCmec I and SCCmec IV ST59-MRSA strains. e Comparison of OD492 values among OM-specific STs, non-OM-specific STs and other STs. “*” denotes statistically significant difference. “+” denotes outliers