Research Article
Gene Expression during Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil and Water
Table 1
Functional groups differentially expressed between growth in LB and growth in sterile stream water.
| Functional group | Total | Higher in LB | Higher in water |
| Whole genome | 38 | 26 | 12 | Antibiotic resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | Biosynthesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNA replication/repair, restriction/modification | 2 | 1 | 1 | Metabolism | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pathogenesis and virulence | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phage, transposon, or plasmid | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ribosomal proteins | 1 | 1 | 0 | Signaling and motility | 1 | 1 | 0 | Stress response | 3 | 3 | 0 | Transcription, RNA processing, and degradation | 4 | 4 | 0 | Translation and posttranslational modification | 1 | 1 | 0 | Transport and binding proteins | 7 | 6 | 1 | Uncategorized | 19 | 9 | 10 |
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