Table 4 The fold-change determined by RNA-seq and qRT-PCR of selected genes

icaA

poly-beta-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine synthase

2.22

2.12

icaR

Biofilm operon icaADBC HTH-type negative transcriptional regulator IcaR

−2.31

−2.45

fnbA

Fibronectin-binding protein A

1.53

1.66

lrgA

murein hydrolase regulator LrgA

−2.59

− 2.42

lrgB

hydrolase activity

−2.71

−2.51

cidA

Holin-like protein CidA

2.06

2.15

srrB

sensor histidine kinase

1.08

1.17

spa

immunoglobulin G-binding protein A

2.60

2.72

nuc

thermonuclease

2.02

2.10