Table 1.

Ergothioneine amounts in mc²155 and the ΔmshA strain

Strain	Mean amt of ERG (pg/105 CFU) ± SDa
	OD600 ∼ 0.5		OD600 ∼ 1		OD600 > 2
	IN	EX	IN	EX	IN	EX
mc2155	4.07 ± 0.66	17.03 ± 3.5	1.74 ± 0.30	7.6 ± 1.45	0.83 ± 0.80	12.66 ± 2.65
ΔmshA	7.50 ± 3.5	44.30 ± 4.0	6.3 ± 2.61	39 ± 10.5	1.62 ± 0.48	37.61 ± 2.55

^aIN, intracellular; EX, extracellular.