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Heat resistance of dormant spores. Spore dilutions in water were incubated at 90°C for up to 40 min. Survivors were enumerated by plating on NA. Counts are expressed as a proportion of unheated controls. ♦, wild type; ▪, AM1654 (ΔexsY ΔcotY). Error bars show 1 standard deviation.
