# Three or more biological replicates were conducted for each of the 14 "Bordetella pertussis" strains assessed in this paper, making for a total of 57 unique biological replicates.
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# Three or more biological replicates were conducted for each of the 14 "Bordetella pertussis" strains assessed in this paper, making for a total of 57 unique biological replicates. The data collected for all the replicates within each group was averaged and compared for the final microarray analysis.
#*Replicates, including strain names and the number of biological replicates per strain in parentheses:
#*Replicates, including strain names and the number of biological replicates per strain in parentheses: