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. 2019 Oct 21;201(22):e00307-19. doi: 10.1128/JB.00307-19

TABLE 4.

Oxidative stress and the SOS response are activated in P. aeruginosa biofilms treated with ciprofloxacin relative to untreated biofilmsa

Activityb P value for association with differential gene expression in biofilms
Upregulation Downregulation
Peroxide stress 10−14 0.33
SOS response 10−5 1.00
Stationary phase 1.00 10−15
HSL quorum sensing 1.00 10−15
Virulence factors 1.00 10−14
Zn limitation 1.00 10−13
Oxygen limitation 1.00 10−6
Phenazine biosynthesis 1.00 10−6
Fe limitation 0.94 10−5
a

Based on gene set enrichment analysis.

b

HSL, homoserine lactone.