Table 2.

P-values associated with comparative analysis of the effects of temperature on transcription of five virulence associated genes in L. Jules and L. Portlandvere using qPCR.

Strain	Jules			Portlandvere			Jules vs. Portlandvere
	30°C vs. 37°C	30°C vs. upshift	upshift vs 37°C	30°C vs. 37°C	30°C vs. upshift	upshift vs. 37°C	30°C	upshift	37°C	30°C vs. 37°C	30°C vs. upshift	upshift vs. 37°C
lenA	0.0002	0.004	0.0002	0.0008	0.0002	0.294	0.0048	0.001	0.0009	0.212	0.587	0.191
sph2	0.0002	0.001	0.0001	0.005	0.004	0.0019	0.0016	0.0002	0.3323	0.629	0.718	0.420
lipL41	0.001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.018	0.464	0.02	0.052	0.01	0.0736	0.709	0.434	0.405
lipL32	0.0089	0.0004	0.0044	0.14	0.0009	0.0017	0.095	0.016	0.0125	0.642	0.908	0.974
loa22	0.0028	0.76	0.1	0.0021	0.0279	0.0948	0.006	0.560	0.0459	0.269	0.841	0.318

Upshift, growth at 30°C followed by growth at 37°C. Significant p values are highlighted in bold.