FIG 7.

Effects of CotG on germination efficiency. Spores derived from strains expressing wild-type CotG (AZ607) (squares), CotGΔ (AZ612) (crosses), CotG-Cterm (AZ614) (circles), and CotG-Nterm (AZ616) (diamonds) in a cotH background were tested for germination efficiency and compared with those of a wild-type strain (PY79) (dashed line). Germination was induced by Asn-GFK and measured as the percent loss of the optical density at 600 nm. Error bars are based on the standard deviations of data from four independent experiments. OD600, optical density at 600 nm.