Table 1.

State of untreated or thermally treated cells after the incubation in M9 agar medium added with each NaCl concentration.

% NaCl in M9 agar	State of WT untreated cells	State of ΔotsA untreated cells	State of WT thermally treated cells	State of ΔotsA thermally treated cells
0	Viable	Viable	Viable	Viable
1	Viable	Viable	Viable	Viable
2	Viable	Viable	Viable	Inhibited
3	Viable	Inhibited	Inhibited	Inhibited
4	Inhibited	Inhibited	Inhibited	Inhibited
5	Inhibited	Inhibited	Inhibited	Inhibited
6	Inhibited	Inhibited	Non-viable	Non-viable
7	Inhibited	Inhibited	Non-viable	Non-viable
8	Inhibited	Inhibited	Non-viable	Non-viable
9	Inhibited	Non viable	Non-viable	Non-viable
10	Inhibited	Non viable	Non-viable	Non-viable