Table 1.

Selected regulatory adjustments during sessile growth.

Gene Name	Function	Fold Change
RND efflux system membrane fusion protein AxyA	Virulence	Up	7.4
Flagellar basal-body rod modification protein FlgD	Flagellar motility	Down	−7.3
Flagellar basal-body rod protein FlgC	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.1
Flagellar biosynthesis protein FlhB	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.1
Flagellar biosynthesis protein FliC	Flagellar motility	Down	−8.5
Flagellar biosynthesis protein FliL	Flagellar motility	Down	−6.7
Flagellar biosynthesis protein FliQ	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.2
Flagellar biosynthesis protein FliT	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.2
Flagellar hook-associated protein FlgK	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.2
Flagellar hook-associated protein FlgL	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.3
Flagellar hook-associated protein FliD	Flagellar motility	Down	−6.0
Flagellar hook-basal body complex protein FliE	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.4
Flagellar L-ring protein FlgH	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.0
Flagellar motor switch protein FliM	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.7
Flagellar motor switch protein FliN	Flagellar motility	Down	−7.3
Flagellar M-ring protein FliF a	Flagellar motility	Down	−6.3
Flagellar protein FliJ	Flagellar motility	Down	−5.9
Universal stress protein family (tandem domain)	Stress response	Down	−9.2, −6.1
Universal stress protein UspA	Stress response	Down	−6.6
Diguanylate cyclase/ phosphodiesterase	Stress response	Up	11.4
Cystathionine beta-lyase, MetC a	Methionine biosynthesis	Up	86
Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis glycosyltransferase, EpsF	EPS biosynthesis	Up	6.4
ATP-binding proteins, KpsT, KpsE, KpsM	Cell wall and capsule	Up	5.1 to 8.7

^a Selected for gene inactivation.