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A plot of the RNA species specific average bacterial load loss following heat killing of cells at different temperatures. The lowest loss was in the 16S rRNA in BCG pure culture and the highest was in rpoB in sputum. BCG, BCG pure culture; MTB, M. tuberculosis in patient sputum samples. Errors are standard error of the mean.
