Table 10. Candidate reference genes ranked by different methods in serovar B.
| Exponential | Stationary | Combined | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| geN | Norm | ΔCT | Ranking | Mean | geN | Norm | ΔCT | Ranking | Mean | geN | Norm | ΔCT | Ranking | Mean |
| atpD | atpD | 16S rRNA | atpD | 1.26 | recN | recN | recN | recN | 1.00 | recN | gyrA | 16S rRNA | recN | 1.59 |
| gyrA | gyrA | atpD | gyrA | 2.29 | 16S rRNA | 16S rRNA | pgi | 16S rRNA | 2.29 | 16S rRNA | recN | recN | 16S rRNA | 1.82 |
| recN | recN | gyrA | 16S rRNA | 2.71 | pgi | pgi | gyrA | pgi | 2.62 | gyrA | 16S rRNA | gyrB | gyrA | 2.29 |
| 16S rRNA | pgi | recN | recN | 3.30 | gyrA | gyrA | 16S rRNA | gyrA | 3.17 | atpD | atpD | gyrA | gyrB | 4.48 |
| pgi | 16S rRNA | rpoB | pgi | 4.93 | rpoB | rpoB | gyrB | gyrB | 5.24 | gyrB | pgi | rpoB | atpD | 4.58 |
| gyrB | infB | pgi | gyrB | 6.65 | gyrB | gyrB | atpD | rpoB | 5.59 | infB | gyrB | atpD | pgi | 6.54 |
| infB | gyrB | gyrB | rpoB | 6.84 | atpD | atpD | infB | atpD | 6.26 | pgi | infB | infB | infB | 6.65 |
| rpoB | rpoB | infB | infB | 6.95 | infB | infB | rpoB | infB | 7.27 | rpoB | rpoB | pgi | rpoB | 6.84 |
| sodA | sodA | sodA | sodA | 9.00 | sodA | sodA | sodA | sodA | 8.65 | sodA | sodA | sodA | sodA | 9.00 |