Table 5. Stability ranking of the candidate reference genes using five algorithms in gill of B. belcheri challenged with LPS.

Gene	RefFinder		geNorm		NormFinder		BestKeeper		deltaCt
	Rank	GM	Rank	SV	Rank	SV	Rank	SV	Rank	SV
S20	1	1.21	1	0.51	1	0.30	7	1.04	1	1.40
EF1A	2	2.95	3	0.78	2	0.41	8	1.10	3	1.44
UBC	3	3.84	1	0.51	3	0.45	10	1.20	2	1.44
ACT	4	3.91	5	0.97	4	0.49	2	0.64	5	1.51
TUB	5	4.98	4	0.91	6	0.56	6	1.03	4	1.49
18 S	6	5.61	10	1.31	10	0.99	1	0.52	11	1.86
HPRT	7	6.05	7	1.11	7	0.84	4	0.94	7	1.72
L13	8	6.67	6	1.02	5	0.52	9	1.16	6	1.53
G6PDH	9	6.77	9	1.27	9	0.90	3	0.72	8	1.79
TBP	10	8.61	8	1.20	11	1.02	5	0.96	10	1.84
GAPDH	11	9.85	11	1.38	8	0.90	11	1.67	9	1.81
CYC	12	11.83	12	1.59	12	1.68	12	1.96	12	2.71
L3	13	12.74	13	1.80	13	1.91	13	2.49	13	2.97