Table 3.

Significantly downregulated hypothetical genes in a B. cereus spoVT deletion mutant.

Gene locus tag	Fold-change (down-regulated)	Protein homology
BC1117	2984	Hypothetical protein, homology to B. cereus group-specific hypothetical protein
BC0987	37	Hypothetical protein, homology to hypothetical protein
BC1457	20	Hypothetical protein, homology to hypothetical protein
BC2492	18	Hypothetical protein, homology to B. cereus group-specific hypothetical protein
BC2270	15	Hypothetical protein, homology to B. cereus group-specific hypothetical protein
BC3002	10	Hypothetical protein, homology to B. cereus group-specific hypothetical protein
BC0973	9	Hypothetical protein, B. cereus group membrane protein
BC2426	8	Hypothetical protein, homology to B. cereus group-specific hypothetical protein