. 2023 Mar 16;87(2):e00080-22. doi: 10.1128/mmbr.00080-22

TABLE 1.

Resistance of growing wild-type Bacillus subtilis cells, wild-type spores, and wild-type spores carrying the spoVA^2mob transposable element to various treatments

Treatment	Data for:			Key resistance factors
Treatment	Growing cells (wild type)^a	Dormant spores (wild type)^b	Dormant spores (spoVA^2mob)^b	Key resistance factors
Wet heat (93°C)^c	<0.05	35	>120	Low core water, SASPs, transposon gene(s), coat
Dry heat (120°C)^c	<5	170	200	SASPs
UV at 254 nm^c	<0.1	1.2	1.3	SASPs, DNA repair, coat
NaOCl (2.5% available chlorine)^c	<0.1	4.5	6.5	Coat
H₂O₂ (11%)^c	<0.5	205	280	SASPs, coat, IM
HCHO (2.5%)^c	<0.1	20	>60	SASPs, coat, IM
HNO₂ (200 mM)^c	<0.1	15	>40	SASPs, IM
C₁₂H₂₇N (1 mM)^c	ND	20	>60	IM
Desiccation^d^,^e	<1	>20	ND^f	SASPs
γ-Radiation (100 krads)^e	1	28	ND^f	SASPs, DNA repair

Data from reference 12 except where indicated.

Data from reference 51 except where indicated.

Data are time in minutes to kill 90% of the population.

No. of freeze-thaw cycles.

Data show % survivors.

ND, not determined.