Figure 6.

Regulation of Magnesium uptake associated genes.

The mRNA expression of Magnesium uptake genes was studied after the bacterial cells were subjected to stress treatments for 5 h. The mean fold change in the levels of corA, mgtA, and mgtB in JOL 401, JOL 909, and JOL 909::lon were recorded. The data was represented as relative mean fold change ± the SD from at least three independent experiments performed in duplicates. Means were compared by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. Similar lowercase letters indicate the non-significant difference of means (p > .05). Significant difference (*p < .05, **p < .01) compared to the wild type control.