TABLE 3.

EOP values for L. lactis 158-propagated Tuc2009 and L. lactis NZ9000-propagated c2 on L. lactis UC509.9 (two plasmid-carried copies of hsdS) and plasmid-cured derivatives UC509.9S1 (one plasmid-carried copy of hsdS) and UC509.9S2 (no plasmid-carried hsdS)^a

Strain	EOP
	Tuc2009	c2
NZ9000	NA	1 ± 0.2
158	1 ± 0.1	NA
UC509.9	(4.1 ± 0.1) × 10−4	(1.7 ± 0.6) × 10−5
UC509.9S1	0.1 ± 0.6	(1.3 ± 0.6) × 10−4
UC509.9S2	0.9 ± 0.2	(6.8 ± 0.2) × 10−3

^aResults are means ± standard errors and are representative of three independent repeat experiments. NA, not applicable.