Table 1. An overview of the RNA-Seq statistics.

	Exponential-phase cells (c_TG9)		VBNC cells (t_TG9)
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Total reads	13,438,262	—	12,843,362	—
Total BasePairs	1,209,443,580	—	1,155,902,580	—
Reads mapped to genome	11,731,602	87.30%	10,395,417	80.94%
Perfect match	9,748,115	72.54%	9,005,765	70.12%
≤5 bp mismatch	3,690,147	27.46%	3,850,439	29.98%
Multi-position match	740,448	5.51%	780,876	6.08%
Reads mapped to genes	7,395,075	55.03%	6,611,762	51.48%