TABLE 4.

Strain E40V genes with greater steady state levels of mRNA than strain E40.

		RNAseq		RT-qPCRa
Gene	Function	log2-fold changeb	p valuec	log2-fold changeb	p valuec
yjbE	EPSd production	2.0	4.8 × 10–7	2.6	2.6 × 10–4
yciE	putative stress response protein	3.0	1.1 × 10–5	1.1	1.3 × 10–3
ASPPe	acid tolerance	1.2	2.8 × 10–2	0.4	6.8 × 10–2

^aReverse transcriptase quantitative PCR. ^bAverage log₂-fold change from three biological replicates, values are levels in E40V compared to E40. ^cBenjamini-Hochberg adjusted (Benjamini and Hochberg, 1995). Calculated using student’s t-test. ^dExtracellular polymeric substance. ^eAcid shock protein precursor.