B. abortus genes regulated by erythritol selected by their biological significance.

aFold-change microarray;bFold-change RNA-seq;cThe COG number and functional categories: C: Energy production and conversion; E: Amino acid metabolism and transport; F: Nucleotide metabolism and transport; G: Carbohydrate metabolism and transport; H: Coenzyme metabolism; I: Lipid metabolism; J: Translation; K: Transcription; M: Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis; R: General function prediction only, S: Function unknown.