PAST software (V 4.07) (Hammer et al., 2001 ) was used to perform multivariate analyses. We performed the NM-MDS according to the Bray–Curtis similarity index using raw RNA-seq data with individual read values for each replicate (Figures 5A,B) transformed as log10. This analysis was also used to analyze (dis-)similarity between the different bacterial samples also in the expression of subsets of genes involved in host-pathogen interaction and toxin-antitoxin systems.
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