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. 2010 Dec 3;77(3):739–748. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01657-10

TABLE 4.

Significantly regulated functional categories for each of the five strains (compared to strain LD61) according to a Wilcoxon testa

Functional category or subcategory Expression level in strain:
UCMA5713 LD55 LL08 LL52 S86
Amino acid biosynthesis L L L L L
    Aromatic amino acid family L L L
    Aspartate family L L L
    Branched-chain family L L L L L
    Histidine family L L L L L
Cellular processes L
    Chaperones H
    Transformation H
    Protein and peptide secretion L
Biosynthesis of cofactors, prosthetic groups, and carriers
    Menaquinone and ubiquinone H H
    Thioredoxin, glutaredoxin, and glutathione L
Fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism H H
Central intermediary metabolism L
    Other L L L L
Energy metabolism L
    Anaerobic L L L
    ATP-PMF conversion L L L
    Fermentation L
    Sugars H H H H
    TCA cycleb H
Other categories L
    Adaptations and atypical conditions H
    Transposon related functions H
Purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides and nucleotides L L L L L
    Purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis L L L L
    Pyrimidine ribonucleotide biosynthesis L L L L L
    Salvage of nucleosides and nucleotides L
    Sugar-nucleotide biosynthesis and interconversions H H
Regulatory functions L L L L
    AraC family regulators L
    General L
    LysR family regulators L L
    MarR family regulators L L
    Two-component systems L
Replication
    Degradation of DNA H H H H
Translation L
    Translation factors L
    Ribosomal proteins: synthesis and modification H
    Amino acyl tRNA synthetases L
Transport and binding proteins L L L L
    Amino acids, peptides and amines L L
    Anions L
    Carbohydrates, organic alcohols and acids H
a

P < 0.05. “H” and “L” indicate expression levels that are higher and lower, respectively, than those in LD61.

b

Tricarboxylic acid cycle.