TABLE 1.

Endotoxin values in subcultures. Culture numeration refers to Figure 2

Culture	Calculated [EU/mL]	Experiment 1 measured [EU/mL]	Experiment 2 measured [EU/mL]	Experiment 3 measured [EU/mL]
(a)	0	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
(b)	0	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
(1)	0	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
(2)	5	1	7	20
(3)	50	10	67	144
(4)	500	48	299	1493
(5)	5000	471	2225	6993
(6)	50,000	4,571	32,147	113,915
(7)	500,000	796,418	391,349	730,469
(8)	0	<0.5	<0.5	1
(9)	5	8	11	40
(10)	50	58	137	280
(11)	500	248	513	2007
(12)	5000	1489	3492	27,692
(13)	50,000	5354	41,020	122,231
(14)	500,000	604,204	383,919	556,322

Note: Content of endotoxin is given in EU/mL.