TABLE 3.

Percentages of water in air-dried spores of PS832 (wild type) and PS1899 (dacB)

Strain description	Sample	No. of spores weigheda	Mass dried at 20°C, 33% RH (g)	Mass dried at 110°C (g)	% Water	Avg ± SD
Wild type	1	7.62 × 109	1.7 × 10−3	1.0 × 10−3	41.2	40.4 ± 2.3
	2	6.73 × 109	1.9 × 10−3	1.1 × 10−3	42.1
	3	9.83 × 109	3.7 × 10−3	2.3 × 10−3	37.8
dacB	1	3.29 × 109	2.3 × 10−3	8.0 × 10−4	65.2	64.5 ± 5.5
	2	3.84 × 109	2.3 × 10−3	7.0 × 10−4	69.6
	3	5.67 × 109	4.6 × 10−3	1.9 × 10−3	58.7

^aObtained by direct counting.