TABLE 4.

Time of engulfment completion in four B. subtilis strains

Strain	Genotype	Time (h)a	No. countedb	Sporulating cells/%c	Stage III cells/%d
AH3786	spoIIIG wte	2	279	91/33	0
		4	143	101/71	60/42
		6	132	90/68	64/48
		8	131	100/76	86/66
		10	115	93/81	83/72
AH3787	spoIIIGE156K	2	487	153/31	0
		4	178	121/68	55/31
		6	357	221/62	53/51
		8	158	133/84	117/74
		10	172	129/75	114/66
AH3790	spoIIIA spoIIIG wt	2	157	70/45	0
		4	172	121/70	54/31
		6	167	119/71	98/59
		8	102	70/69	53/52
		10	152	67/44	48/32
AH3791	spoIIIA spoIIIGE156K	2	219	77/35	0
		4	260	110/42	50/20
		6	135	87/64	52/39
		8	111	76/68	60/54
		10	153	70/46	54/35

^aHours after the onset of sporulation.

^bThe total number of cells counted is indicated.

^cThe number of sporulating cells, estimated on the basis of the pattern of staining by FM4-64 and MTG (see text), is shown before the slash, and the percentage of sporulating cells is shown after the slash.

^dThe number of cells in stage III or above is shown before the slash, and the percentage of cells in stage III or above is shown after the slash.

^espoIIIG wt, wild-type spoIIIG.