Virulence-associated phenotypes observed in strains isolated from commercial products.

<p>Phenotype traits shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g002" target="_blank">Figures (2</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g004" target="_blank">4</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g005" target="_blank">5</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g006" target="_blank">6</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g007" target="_blank">7</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-g008" target="_blank">8</a>) and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098094#pone-0098094-t004" target="_blank">Table 4</a> were simplified as follows to calculate the Spearman’s Rho correlation coefficients between strains and apply the Jaccard proximity test (excluding joint absences for considerations): growth at 37, 39 and 42°C, +++, ++ and + were simplified to +, and ± and − were simplified to −; phospholipase activity (PLA), ++ and + were simplified to +; pseudohyphal (Ph) growth,++ and + were simplified to +; invasive growth, ± and − were simplified to −; switching, multiple colony phenotypes with frequencies between 10⁻²−10⁻⁴ were considered +; MAPK activation, high Slt2 and Kss1 phosphorylation was considered + and low or non phosphorylation were considered −; Plastics adherence (ADH), Petri plates adherence values >30% and microtiter plates absorbance values >1 were considered +, Petri plates adherence values ≤30% and microtiter plates absorbance values <1 were considered −. n.d. not determined.