Table 4.
Summary table of the results.
| Adhesion | Hydrophobicity | Halo | Rha | Qui | Leg | CotY | CgeA | Transcription * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporulation condition | Group | |||||||||
| -CaCl2 | Depletion in cation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
– |
|
– |
| -MgSO4 |
|
|
|
|
– |
|
– | – | – | |
| -O2 | Lower oxygenation |
|
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
|
| -O2 + CO2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| H2O2 | Oxidative stress |
|
|
– | – | – | – |
|
|
|
| Peracetic acid |
|
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| pH 5 |
|
|
– | – | – | – | – |
|
– |
The column adhesion refers to the results of polypropylene adhesion tests, the column hydrophobicity refers to the results of MATH, the column Halo refers to microscopic observations of spores after India ink staining, the columns Rha, Qui, and Leg refer to RP-HPLC-FL experiments, the columns CgeA and CotY refer to the cytometry experiments and the column transcription refers to the qRT-PCR experiments. An upward arrow indicates an increase and a downward arrow indicates a decrease relative to the Spo8 condition. *: A downward arrow indicates that transcription of at least one of the 4 targeted genes decreased.