TABLE 2.
Spore production by C. perfringens wild-type and ccpA mutant strains in sporulation medium in the presence or absence of 5 mM glucosea
| Strain | Without glucose
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With glucose
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| Total no. of CFU | No. of spores | Sporula- tion (%) | Total no. of CFU | No. of spores | Sporula- tion (%) | |
| SM101 | 3.2 × 107 (6.4 × 107-6.3 × 106) | 2.2 × 107 (4 × 107-1.9 × 106) | 68 | 2.9 × 107 (4.3 × 107-2.5 × 106) | 9,500 (15,000-5,200) | 0.033 |
| SM101(pSM257) | 1.1 × 107 (1.3 × 107-3.0 × 106) | 7.2 × 105 (1.4 × 106-1.0 × 103) | 6.5 | 1.8 × 107 (3.6 × 107-4 × 106) | 227 (640-100) | 0.0013 |
| SM120 | 5.2 × 106 (1.5 × 107-1.2 × 106) | 5.9 × 104 (2.8 × 105-7.5 × 102) | 1.1 | 5.6 × 106 (1 × 107-2 × 106) | 78.3 (160-10) | 0.0014 |
| SM120(pSM257) | 9.1 × 106 (2.5 × 107-9.0 × 105) | 1.0 × 106 (8.4 × 106-5.0 × 102) | 11 | 2.7 × 107 (8 × 107-7 × 106) | 28.0 (50-10) | 0.0001 |
a
Values shown are the means, with the range in parentheses.