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. 1997 Feb 4;94(3):940–945. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.3.940

Table 2.

Summary of mutation rates

Temperature Bacterial genome Plasmid kan+/kan−/day*
37°C dcm-6 pdcm+ 1.1  × 10−7
37°C Δdcm, vsr pdcm+ 9.3  × 10−7
37°C dcm+, vsr+ 2.0  × 10−9
37°C dcm-6 1.3  × 10−9
15°C dcm-6 pdcm+ 1.8  × 10−9
15°C dcm+, vsr+ 1.0  × 10−10
15°C dcm-6 ND

ND, Not detectable. 

*

Corrected for an average of 1.4 chromosomes per KanS bacterium.