Table I.
Round | [CO2]a | 1° Selectionb | 2° Screenb | 3° Screenb | Hypermorphs |
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1 | 9–54 mM | 2 × 105 | 70 | 26 | 1 |
2 | 9–54 mM | 7 × 104 | 44 | 12 | 6 |
3 | 9–27 mM | 3 × 105 | 70 | 12 | 5 |
Each round of selection was carried out under different concentrations of carbon dioxide. The actual intracellular CO2 concentration is not known, but assumed to reflect the weight of dry ice sublimated in 4 l ziploc bags. All of these values are >100× atmospheric partial pressures.
Estimated number of clones evaluated at each step.