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Feasibility of Metatranscriptome Analysis from Infant Gut Microbiota: Adaptation to Solid Foods Results in Increased Activity of Firmicutes at Six Months

Table 3

Overview of the expressed PTS and ABC transport modules involved in sugar transport in sample T2_M. values and adjusted values indicate the likelihood of a KEGG module to be enriched on a background of amongst all detected KEGG orthologs.
(a) PTS transporter modules

Module number valueAdjusted valueNumber of proteins in modulesNumber of transcribed proteins-encoding genes Description

M0026600.00632Maltose and glucose-specific II component
M0026900.00632Sucrose-specific II component
M0026800.00632Arbutin-like II component
M0027300.00632Fructose-specific II component
M002700.0010.01142Trehalose-specific II component
M002770.0010.01142N-Acetylgalactosamine-specific II component
M002670.0310.55531N-Acetylglucosamine-specific II component
M002820.0310.55531D-Glucosamine-specific II component
M002720.0310.55531Arbutin-, cellobiose-, and salicin-specific II component
M003030.0310.55531N-Acetylmuramic acid-specific II component
M002790.0310.55531Galactitol-specific II component
M002830.0310.55531Ascorbate-specific II component

(b) ABC sugar transporter modules

Module number valueAdjusted valueNumber of proteins in modulesNumber of transcribed protein-encoding genes Description

M0060100.00932Putative chitobiose transport system
M002190.0010.01842AI-2 transport system
M002110.0250.4821Putative ABC transport system
M002170.0380.71631D-Allose transport system
M002100.0380.71631Putative ABC transport system
M006050.050.94941Glucose/mannose transport system
M002060.050.94941Cellobiose transport system
M006060.050.94941N,N′-Diacetylchitobiose transport system
M001970.050.94941Putative fructooligosaccharide transport system