Genes detected in our screen for which the corresponding <i>Tn</i>5 insertion mutants exhibit the highest gamma radiation sensitive phenotype.

<p>^{a, b}SS, highly sensitive, survival <10^-6; S, sensitive, survival comprised between 10^-6 and 10^-4; s, slightly sensitive, survival comprised between 10^-4 and 10^-2; R, resistant, survival >10^-2.</p><p>^a onto TGY plates supplemented with 40 ng/mL mitomycin C (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0124358#sec009" target="_blank">Materials and Methods</a>).</p><p>^b onto TGY plates exposed to 600 J m^-2 UV-rays (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0124358#sec009" target="_blank">Materials and Methods</a>).</p><p>^c by using the disc inhibition assay as described in Materials and Methods and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0124358#pone.0124358.g002" target="_blank">Fig 2</a> (for the inhibition diameters corresponding to the different levels of sensitivity).</p><p>^d NA: Not applicable because of growth defect.</p><p>^(o) gene is located in a putative operon (predicted by FGENESB (<a href="http://www.softberry.com" target="_blank">www.softberry.com</a>).</p><p>^(u) transposon inserted in the upstream region of the corresponding CDS.</p><p>Genes detected in our screen for which the corresponding <i>Tn</i>5 insertion mutants exhibit the highest gamma radiation sensitive phenotype.