Fig 7.
Spore-associated enzyme activity. Enzyme assays were made using purified spores of wild-type 630Δerm or isogenic ClosTron mutants carrying insertions in cotCB (cotCB::CT220s), cotD (cotD::CT302s), sodA (sodA::CT394s), or the cotE amino terminus (cotE::CT220s) or carboxy terminus (cotE::CT1203s). (A) Catalase activity; (B) peroxiredoxin activity; (C) chitinase activity; (D) superoxide dismutase activity.