highly significantp < 0.001
Citrate synthase (Intca_04135), the enzyme catalyzing the conversion of acetyl-CoA to citrate and the first step of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, showed a highly significant increase in transcript abundance between EE-LE and -ST (lfc = 4.3 ± 0.5, p < 0.001; 6.9 ± 0.5, p < 0.001).