Table 1. Top 15 genes with significantly higher expression (up-regulated) in the saprobic phase.
| Fold difference* | Annotation | Gene ID |
| 185 | Conserved protein (insect antifreeze protein repeat domain, predicted secreted) | CIMG_00925 |
| 166 | Acetyltransferase | CIMG_07556 |
| 106 | Acetamidase | CIMG_02374 |
| 101 | Conserved hypothetical protein (predicted secreted) | CIMG_03870 |
| 94 | Fungal hydrophobin (predicted secreted) | CIMG_06615 |
| 75 | Conserved protein (PAN domain, predicted secreted) | CIMG_09824 |
| 53 | Conserved protein (zinc-finger domain) | CIMG_00099 |
| 53 | Conserved hypothetical protein | CIMG_06344 |
| 43 | Putative serine proteinase | CIMG_09304 |
| 41 | Cell wall synthesis protein (beta-glucosidase domain, SUN family, predicted secreted) | CIMG_05254 |
| 34 | Hypothetical protein (predicted secreted) | CIMG_07839 |
| 31 | Hypothetical protein | CIMG_13374 |
| 31 | Helix-loop-helix transcription factor | CIMG_02390 |
| 29 | Conserved hypothetical protein (pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase domain, predicted secreted) | CIMG_07557 |
| 24 | Prp4 (CRoW domain-containing protein, predicted secreted) | CIMG_07303 |
*
Fold difference is the mean saprobic/parasitic-phase expression level in C. immitis and C. posadasii.