Hyaluronic Acid Derived from Other Streptococci Supports Streptococcus pneumoniae In Vitro Biofilm Formation

Table 3

Relative quantification of gene expression of pneumococcal biofilms by quantitative real-time RT-PCR.

Genes	Fold changes in HY biofilms with respect to YE biofilms (24 hrs)		Fold changes in HA biofilms with respect to YE biofilms (30 hrs)
	Fold changes	P value	Fold changes	P value
luxS	2.0	0.03	2.4	0.02
nanA	2.9	0.05	2.5	0.02
hysA	2.0	0.05	2.3	0.03
ugl	2.8	0.03	2.0	0.03
PTS-EIIA	2.0	0.05	2.2	0.05