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. 1998 Oct;64(10):3927–3931. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3927-3931.1998

TABLE 3.

Differential heat shock responses of bacteria from exponential and stationary phases of growth

Time after inoculation (h) % Killing Specific response ratio
1 43.3 ± 8.5 2.9 ± 0.6
2 49.7 ± 6.2 3.2 ± 0.7
2a 44.5 ± 7.6 3.4 ± 0.4
8 23.5 ± 6.1 1.8 ± 0.5
24 13.7 ± 2.1 1.2 ± 0.3
48 10.4 ± 1.0 1.3 ± 0.4
a

Two-hour cells resuspended to an optical density at 600 nm (2.0) comparable to that of 24-h cells.