FIG. 1.
Long-term survival and competition patterns. (A) Superimposition of growth curves of cells grown separately in monoculture. WT, wild type. (B) Competition assay of cells grown in coculture. (C) Competition of dps null mutants containing dps-expressing (pJE106) or control (pBR322) plasmids. Solid symbols, SF2049(pJE106-Dps+) plated on kanamycin only (squares) or on kanamycin and ampicillin (circles). Open symbols, SF2043(pBR322-Dps−) plated on chloramphenicol only (squares) or on chloramphenicol and ampicillin (circles). Asterisks indicate no detectable cells (limit of detection, <1,000 CFU/ml). Representative data are shown.