Table 2.

Live imaging results after treatment of heat activated Bacillus subtilis strains 168 dormant spores with the peptides.

Treatment		Start of germination (min)				Germination time (min)				Burst (min)				Generation time (min)
		Median	p-value	IQR	Counts	Median	p-value	IQR	Counts	Median	p-value	IQR	Counts	Median	p-value	IQR	Counts
Untreated		17		10	384	4		1	384	120		25	369	44		9	345
TC19	Sub-lethal	16	0.34	13	174	4	0.03	2	174	142	≤0.01	38	52	44	0.59	5	49
	Lethal	18	0.08	10	370	4	≤0.01	2	370
	Coated	14	0.03	12	228	4	0.01	1	228	110	≤0.01	25	168	42	≤0.01	3	151
TC84	Sub-lethal	17	0.07	10	212	4	≤0.01	1	212	105	≤0.01	25	117	41	≤0.01	4	129
	Lethal	16	0.98	12	342	4	≤0.01	2	342
	Coated	18	≤0.01	15	209	4	≤0.01	1	209	107	≤0.01	39	188	40	≤0.01	3	177
BP2	Sub-lethal	15	0.17	11	380	4	≤0.01	1	380	115	0.03	27	317	53	≤0.01	33	288
	Lethal	18	0.02	13	499	4	≤0.01	2	499
	Coated	16	0.89	13	325	4	≤0.01	1	325	110	≤0.01	28	270	43	0.47	7	210
Nisin A	Sub-lethal	16	0.7	13	169	4	≤0.01	1	169	114	0.19	28	52	39	≤0.01	3	52
	Lethal	16	0.26	12	354	3	≤0.01	1	354
	Coated	15	0.68	12	169	4	≤0.01	1	169	113	0.43	48	33	40	≤0.01	3	28

Coated and lethal concentrations were 32 μM TC19, 23 μM TC84, 56 μM BP2, and 7 μM Nisin A.

Sub-lethal concentrations were 16 μM TC19, 12 μM TC84, 28 μM BP2, and 3.5 μM Nisin A.

IQR refers to inter-quartile range.