TABLE 2.
Heat sensitivities of washed Δalr and wild-type spores
| Spores | % Phase bright | No. of coloniesa
|
% Survival | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not heated | Heated | |||
| Δalr | 50 | 437 | 210 | 48 |
| Δalr | 50 | 156 | 77 | 50 |
| Wild type | 99 | 311 | 305 | 98 |
| Wild type | 99 | 65 | 65 | 100 |
Two concentrations of spores of each strain were examined.