Table 2.

Sensitivity to desiccation, osmotic stress and detergents

	Percent survival*
Strains	Desiccation tolerance	Osmotic stress†	VMM+DOC‡	VMM+SARC‡
3841	42±1.8	79.4±1.42	125±4.45	123±3.42
17B	1.9±0.96**	69.3±4.66	94.5±7.94	79.5±5.59
38EV30	6.45±2.6**	79.7±6.07	101±20.6	117±23.6

^*All data presented are the average (±SD) percent survival of three independent trials.

^†Strains were grown in TY broth or TY supplemented with 69.5 mM NaCl for 2 days. ODs were measured at 600 nm.

^‡Strains were grown in VMM broth or VMM supplemented with 75 μg mL^–1 deoxycholate (DOC) or 50 μg mL^–1 sarcosyl (SARC) for 2 days. ODs were measured at 600 nm.

^**Difference in percent growth between the wild type and the mutant is statistically significant at a P-value < 0.001 (Student's t-test).