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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Microbiology (Reading). 2008 Apr;154(Pt 4):1152–1160. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/013953-0

Table 2.

Functional Categories of in Vivo Expressed Genes

No. of Genes identified in:

Category Tissue 238 Tissue 240 Tissue 250 Any Tissue at least Two
Volunteers
Adherence-related Genes 2 2 2 2 2
Bacteriophage genes 8 14 7 20 7
Biosynthesis/Metabolism 76 76 75 175 40
Cell Division 5 3 5 10 3
DNA Replication/Repair 10 22 28 47 13
Electron Transport 7 11 7 15 7
Hypothetical Proteins 57 64 51 133 32
Outer Membrane Proteins 3 1 5 6 3
Regulation 5 3 6 12 2
Ribosomal Proteins 8 4 6 15 3
Secreted Proteins 1 0 2 2 1
Stress Response 5 1 5 9 2
Toxins 0 2 1 2 1
Transcription 4 5 6 10 4
Translation 11 11 10 22 9
Transport/Uptake 15 26 20 51 10

Total no. of Genes 217 245 236 531 139