Table 1.

Expression of the 2 different lytM transcripts assessed by qRT-PCR in different strains and different phases of growth.

	lytM49				SA0264-lytM
	Mean expression ratio (a.u.)1 ± SD				Mean expression ratio (a.u.)1 ± SD
	WT	ΔRNAIII	ΔRNAIII/p	ΔRNAIII/pRNAIII	WT	ΔRNAIII	ΔRNAIII/p	ΔRNAIII/pRNAIII
EP2	3.534±0.25	0.982±0.07	1.969±0.13	0.960±0.08	0.630±0.05	0.275±0.01	0.302±0.03	0.169±0.03
SP2	1.000±0.7	0.500±0.10	0.715±0.06	1.898±0.36	1.000±0.09	0.505±0.08	0.841±0.08	0.765±0.16

¹Mean expression ratios (arbitrary units, a.u.) were calculated using the gene expression of the wild type strain in stationary phase as the reference condition.

²EP: exponential phase; SP: stationary phase.