Table 3.

Differential expression^a of genes associated with conjugation in communities of PgSg.

Gene	Gene name/function	Log2 (Fold change)
		5 min	30 min	120 min	240 min	360 min
PGN_0056	probable conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.74	−0.65	−0.41	−0.51	−0.08
PGN_0057	traP, probable conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.49	−0.30	−0.42	−0.70	−0.50
PGN_0058	probable conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.91	−1.11	−1.05	−1.07	−0.50
PGN_0059	traN, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.61	−0.62	−0.76	−0.71	−0.17
PGN_0060	traM, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.61	−0.67	−1.07	−1.03	−0.53
PGN_0061	hypothetical protein	−0.94	−0.71	−0.91	−0.42	0.01
PGN_0062	traK, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.971	−0.81	−1.20	−0.79	−0.57
PGN_0063	traJ, conserved transmembrane protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.71	−0.94	−1.11	−0.86	−0.59
PGN_0064	traI, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.53	−0.77	−0.97	−0.81	−0.26
PGN_0065	traG, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.80	−0.92	−1.11	−1.23	−0.96
PGN_0066	traF, conserved transmembrane protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.84	−0.96	−1.14	−0.98	−0.48
PGN_0067	traE, conserved transmembrane protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.59	−0.69	−1.01	−0.85	−0.42
PGN_0068	hypothetical protein	0.11	0.13	0.03	−0.11	0.29
PGN_0069	traA, probable conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.16	−0.44	−0.62	−0.54	−0.49
PGN_0070	hypothetical protein	−0.13	−0.58	−0.53	−0.54	−0.65
PGN_0071	hypothetical protein	−0.25	−0.41	−0.46	−0.48	−0.50
PGN_0072	hypothetical protein	−0.31	−0.68	−0.51	−0.52	−0.63
PGN_0073	traA, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.50	−0.71	−0.70	−0.54	−0.82
PGN_0074	conserved hypothetical protein	−1.11	−0.89	−0.51	−0.81	−1.09
PGN_0075	conserved hypothetical protein	−0.70	−0.57	0.28	−0.22	−1.04
PGN_0076	putative mobilization protein TraG family	−0.35	−0.55	−0.59	−1.03	−1.41
PGN_0592	traQ, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	0.40	0.65	0.31	0.68	−0.29
PGN_0593	traO, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	0.25	0.57	0.54	0.32	−0.20
PGN_0594	traN, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	0.06	0.11	0.39	0.27	−0.44
PGN_0595	traM, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.27	0.06	0.04	−0.45	−0.85
PGN_0596	conserved hypothetical protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.58	−0.31	0.41	0.46	0.23
PGN_0597	traK, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.60	−0.58	0.16	0.38	−0.71
PGN_0598	traJ, conserved transmembrane protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.76	−0.89	0.03	0.16	−1.62
PGN_0599	traI, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.39	−0.39	0.20	0.52	−0.66
PGN_1281	traM, putative conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.54	−0.80	−1.06	−1.03	−0.53
PGN_1282	traN, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.64	−0.69	−0.79	−0.62	−0.15
PGN_1283	traO, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.84	−1.10	−1.17	−0.97	−0.57
PGN_1284	traP, putative DNA primase involved in conjugation	−0.36	−0.44	−0.44	−0.57	−0.58
PGN_1285	traQ, conserved protein found in conjugate transposon	−0.73	−0.50	−0.50	−0.58	−0.04

^aResults are expressed as log₂ fold change in PgSg compared to Pg alone at the times indicated. Higher mRNA levels are represented by red font, lower mRNA levels are represented by green font.