TABLE 4.

Differentially expressed genes that are important for biofilm formation of C. jejuni NCTC 11168^a

Gene	Log2 fold change	Description
folK	−1.9	2-Amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase, with genes important for flagellar synthesis
motA	−1.1	Flagellar motor proton channel
flaG	−1.0	Flagellar protein
Cj0719c	−1.2	Involved in PLPb homeostasis, with genes important for synthesis of flagella
pseF	−1.3	Pseudaminic acid cytidylyltransferase, catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of pseudaminic acid, a sialic-acid-like sugar that is used to modify flagellin
maf4	−1.4	Uncharacterized protein, with flaA gene, which enables synthesis of flagellin
flgG	−1.0	Flagellar basal-body rod protein
flgI	−1.1	Flagellar P-ring protein
Cj1467	−1.4	Uncharacterized protein, with genes important for synthesis of flagella
fliQ	−1.1	Flagellar biosynthetic protein
kpsM	−1.9	Capsule polysaccharide export system inner membrane protein
kpsS	−1.2	Polysaccharide modification protein
murB	−1.0	UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase, involved in cell wall formation
mrdB	−1.2	RodA protein homolog, involved in cell wall formation
bamD	−2.1	Outer membrane protein
waaC	−1.2	Lipopolysaccharide heptosyltransferase
lgt	−1.5	Prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase
Cj0262	1.0	Methyl-accepting chemotaxis signal transduction protein
lpxA	1.3	Involved in biosynthesis of lipid A
peB3	1.9	Major antigenic peptide, with flaA and flaC genes, which enable synthesis of flagellin
peB2	1.0	Major antigenic peptide

^aDifferential expression was defined as a false discovery rate P value of ≤0.05.

^bPLP, pyridoxal 5′-phosphate.