FIG. 3.

Sporulation time courses of MXAN4860 mutants compared to wild-type, pilA, and fibA strains. Cells (5 × 10⁷) of each strain were plated on TPM and harvested at 24-h intervals. Spores were quantified using a Petroff-Hausser counting chamber. (A) Wild-type (DK1622, filled squares) and MXAN4860 (open squares) strains. (B) pilA (DK10410, filled triangle) and MXAN4860 pilA (open triangle) strains. (C) fibA (LS2429, filled diamond) and MXAN4860 fibA (open diamond) strains. Error bars indicate standard deviations.