Table 5.

Relative mRNA levels of selected A. vinosum genes encoding potential sulfur relay proteins, as determined by the DNA microarray technique and qRT-PCR

Locus tag	Annotation	Strand	Avg fold change after growth on:
			Sulfide		Sulfur
			Array	qRT-PCR	Array	qRT-PCR
Alvin_0258	Rhodanese domain protein	+	NDa	ND	1.95	1.23
Alvin_3028	Rhodanese domain protein	+	0.93	0.55	0.47	0.59
Alvin_2600	SirA family protein	+	6.84	6.81	ND	ND
Alvin_2601	Hypothetical protein Alvin_2601	+	5.74	3.28	1.34	2.03

^aND, not determined.