Table 1. Transcript levels of virulence factor encoding genes in the presence of different carbon sources.
gene | glc/lactate | glc/galactose | glc/succinate | glc/GlcNAc | glc/sucrose | glc/potato starch | glc/rice starch | glc/75 mM glc | glc/111 mM glc |
tcpA | 16.7 | 9.6 | 32.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
tcpB | 15.7 | 10.3 | 18.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
ctxA | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
ctxB | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
Virulence gene expression in V. cholerae cultures that were grown in the presence of 50 mM glucose (glc) compared with cells that were grown with the indicated carbon sources. The fold differences are indicated. GlcNAc, N-acetylglucosamine.