Table 1.
Terahertz radiation–induced changes in the expression of the genes responsible for the biosynthesis of pili and of colanic acid as well as the genes that control cell division.
| Genes responsive to THz | FoldChange | Benjamini–Hochberg adjusted p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genes of transcription factors related to the regulation of cell aggregation processes | |||
| Threonine dehydratase operon activator protein | tdcR | 12.1 | 1.13E−11 |
| HTH-type transcriptional regulator EcpR | matA | 8.9 | 3.48E−47 |
| HTH-type transcriptional regulator YdeO | ydeO | 8.5 | 2.27E−33 |
| HTH-type transcriptional regulator DctR | yhiF | 8 | 3.87E−19 |
| Putative transcription factor YjjQ | yjjQ | 7.7 | 1.58E−19 |
| Genes of chaperone-usher fimbria biogenesis | |||
| elfADCG fimbrial operon | elfA (ycbQ) | 4.2 | 2.24E−09 |
| elfC (ycbS) | 4.8 | 2.51E−18 | |
| elfD (ycbR) | 5.9 | 7.78E−15 | |
| sfmACDHF fimbrial operon | sfmA | 8.1 | 1.04E−12 |
| sfmC | 11.8 | 1.68E−27 | |
| sfmD | 7 | 3.73E−29 | |
| sfmH | 10.1 | 8.29E−24 | |
| sfmF | 15 | 1.75E−13 | |
| yadCKLM-htrE-yadVN fimbrial operon | yadC | 8.3 | 2.34E−48 |
| yadK | 9.1 | 1.10E−26 | |
| yadL | 5 | 2.69E−14 | |
| yadM | 7.8 | 2.87E−23 | |
| htrE | 9 | 2.03E−40 | |
| ecpD | 7.8 | 1.50E−11 | |
| yadN | 5.8 | 5.16E−08 | |
| yehABCD fimbrial operon | yehB | 5.3 | 9.04E−28 |
| yehC | 8.1 | 1.62E−23 | |
| yehD | 2.6 | 2.72E−06 | |
| yfcOPQRSUV fimbrial operon | yfcS | 4.5 | 1.07E−06 |
| yfcQ | 7.6 | 1.84E−08 | |
| yfcR | 4.3 | 1.92E−05 | |
| yfcV | 7.7 | 2.29E−11 | |
| yraHIJK fimbrial operon | yraI | 7.5 | 6.11E−21 |
| yraJ | 5.4 | 1.02E−26 | |
| yraH | 4.2 | 3.73E−11 | |
| Uncharacterized fimbrial chaperone | ybgP | 4.6 | 8.28E−06 |
| yqiH | 6.9 | 7.53E−31 | |
| yhcA | 9.4 | 2.72E−31 | |
| Uncharacterized fimbrial-like protein | ybgD | 4.1 | 7.74E−12 |
| ybgO | 7.8 | 2.31E−15 | |
| yqiI | 7.2 | 1.29E−36 | |
| ydeR | 8.7 | 5.52E−21 | |
| Uncharacterized outer membrane usher protein | yhcD | 5.1 | 1.89E−32 |
| Genes of curli amyloid fibril biogenesis | |||
| csgBAC operon | csgA | 4.4 | 9.51E−09 |
| csgB | 5.1 | 1.16E−07 | |
| csgC | 9.2 | 4.65E−17 | |
| scgDEFG operon | csgF | 3.7 | 4.29E−06 |
| csgE | 3.3 | 2.99E−09 | |
| Genes of colanic acid biosynthesis | |||
| Colanic acid biosynthesis | wcaA | 3.9 | 0.000926 |
| wcaC | 7.2 | 1.24E−05 | |
| wcaD | 8.3 | 1.73E−29 | |
| wcaE | 7.3 | 2.63E−08 | |
| wcaF | 6.4 | 0.000421 | |
| wcaJ | 3 | 0.003229 | |
| wcaL | 2.5 | 0.001523 | |
| wcaM | 4.6 | 5.43E−15 | |
| wcaK | 3 | 0.000160 | |
| wzc | 4.1 | 5.88E−09 | |
| wza | 6.4 | 1.19E−09 | |
| cpsB | 3.7 | 3.78E−06 | |
| cpsG | 2.7 | 0.004211 | |
| gmd | 3.7 | 0.000239 | |
| fcl | 3.5 | 0.006570 | |
| ypdI | 9.3 | 3.93E−11 | |
| nudD | 9.1 | 0.0008488 | |
| Biofilm formation | ydeO | 8.5 | 2.27E−33 |
| yddL | 8.7 | 2.46E−10 | |
| Genes related to cell division | |||
| Z-ring assembly | ftsA | 0.6 | 3.79E−07 |
| ftsZ | 0.5 | 2.67E−09 | |
| ftsN | 0.6 | 0.000344 | |
| ftsQ | 0.6 | 0.000134 | |
| zapA | 0.5 | 9.33E−08 | |
| zipA | 0.6 | 1.48E−05 | |
| Z-ring positioning | minE | 0.5 | 5.97E−07 |
| minC | 0.5 | 9.01E−08 | |
| minD | 0.5 | 7.97E−10 | |
| Cell shape determination | mreB | 0.6 | 1.84E−06 |
| Cell division inhibition | kilR | 9.5 | 1.83E−13 |
| dicF | 5.6 | 0.0254138 | |
| dicB | 19 | 2.31E−09 | |