Table 1. E. faecalis genes induced during persistence in the Galleria mellonella host model.

N°	ORFa	Annotationb	Cellular roleb
Pivi2	ef_0041	PIN domain protein	Unknown function
Pivi3	ef_3282	ATP-binding subunit ClpC	Protein fate
Pivi4	ef_3196	Response regulator	Signal transduction
	ef_3197	Sensor histidine kinase	Signal transduction
Pivi6ΔG	ef_0377	Ankyrin repeat protein	Unknown function
	ef_0378	N-acyl-D-amino-acid deacylase family protein	Unkonwn function

^aPromoter region mapping led to the identification of genes putatively controlled by in vivo induced promoters.

^bAnnotation and cellular role category of genes were determined as specified in TIGR genome database.

^ΔGGenes identified in Lox2ΔG library.