TABLE 3.

Levels of expression of flagellar genes affected by T6SS

Gene no.	Gene name	Function	Orientationa	Expression ratio
				RNA-Seqb	RT-PCRc
CFCDC_3602	fliC	Bacterial flagellin C-terminal helical region	−	2.940	2.966
CFCDC_3603	fliD	Flagellar capping protein	+	2.471	2.745
CFCDC_3605	fliT	Flagellar biosynthesis protein	+	2.878	3.772
CFCDC_2668	flgM	Anti-sigma28 factor	−	2.127	1.709
CFCDC_2679	flgK	Flagellar hook-associated protein	+	2.730	2.042
CFCDC_2680	flgL	Flagellar hook-associated protein	+	1.911	4.004

^aTranscription direction (+, Watson strand; −, Crick strand).

^bLog₂ of expression ratios (ratio of RPKM in wild-type and T6SS GI deletion mutant samples) obtained from RNA-Seq.

^cLog₂ of expression ratios (ratio of RPKM in wild-type and T6SS GI deletion mutant samples) obtained from the RT-PCR.