Table 1 Select genes whose expression levels responded to short-term (30 min) perturbation with sodium chloride or PEG8000 (FDR < 0.05, fold-difference > 2).

Swit_0619

heat shock protein Hsp20

3.2

6.2

up

Swit_1146

ATP-dependent protease La

3.8

4.8

up

Swit_1147

molecular chaperone (small heat shock protein)-like protein

5.0

3.0

up

Swit_3608

HAD family hydrolase

3.4

2.2

up

Swit_3609

glycoside hydrolase 15-related

8.3

3.9

up

Swit_3610

alpha, alpha-trehalose-phosphate synthase (UDP-forming)

4.0

2.5

up

Swit_4023

rod shape-determining protein MreB

2.3

4.1

up

Swit_4523

glycosyl transferase family protein

4.1

3.8

up

Swit_4524

hypothetical protein

3.3

2.7

up

Swit_4526

glycosyl transferase family protein

2.3

2.8

up

Swit_4527

polysaccharide biosynthesis protein

3.8

3.9

up

Swit_4528

non-specific protein-tyrosine kinase

3.5

3.9

up

Swit_4529

hypothetical protein

2.5

2.4

up

Swit_4530

O-antigen polymerase

3.4

2.9

up

Swit_4531

polysaccharide export protein

4.6

3.1

up

Swit_4532

sugar transferase

16

12

up

Swit_4533

glycoside hydrolase family protein

4.3

3.2

up

Swit_0212

flagellin-specific chaperone FliS-like protein

2.3

2.8

down

Swit_1264

flagellar basal body P-ring protein

2.2

2.3

down

Swit_1267

flagellar basal-body rod protein FlgF

2.2

2.2

down

Swit_1268

flagellar basal body FlaE domain-containing protein

2.4

2.3

down

Swit_1270

flagellar basal-body rod protein FlgC

2.5

2.7

down

Swit_1286

flagellar hook-basal body complex subunit FliE

2.3

2.5

down

Swit_1293

flagellar basal body-associated protein FliL

2.3

2.7

down