Table 1 Mean values and standard deviations of T1, Tlag, Trelease, and ΔTrelease for germination of B. subtilis PS533 untreated and high vacuum-treated spores with different germinantsa

From: Single-cell analysis reveals individual spore responses to simulated space vacuum

Treatment conditions

No. of spores examined (% spore germination)

T1 (min)

Tlag (min)

ΔTleakage (min)

ΔTrelease (min)

ΔTlys (min)

1 mM L-valine (untreated)

449 (99%)

21.8 ± 19.2

23.0 ± 19.5

1.3 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.4

12.7 ± 4.5

1 mM L-valine vac 1 day

467 (91%)

26.5 ± 19.0

28.1 ± 17.6

1.6 ± 1.9

4.8 ± 1.8

16.1 ± 5.1

1 mM L-valine vac 10 day

397 (84%)

27.9 ± 17.1

29.6 ± 17.1

1.5 ± 1.8

4.9 ± 1.4

17.8 ± 9.5

AGFK (untreated)

402 (93%)

41.5 ± 21.1

42.5 ± 21.2

1.0 ± 0.5

4.6 ± 1.1

11.0 ± 4.3

10 mM AGFK vac 1 day

416 (85%)

43.5 ± 28.0

45.4 ± 28.2

2.0 ± 1.6

4.7 ± 1.0

15.0 ± 13.3

10 mM AGFK vac 10 day

456 (78%)

43.5 ± 26.2

45.0 ± 26.4

1.5 ± 1.0

4.5 ± 1.1

18.3 ± 6.5

CaDPA (untreated)

299 (97%)

30.4 ± 13.6

58.4 ± 20.0

28.0 ± 13.5

4.9 ± 1.3

25.5 ± 8.6

CaDPA vac 1 day

437 (97%)

35.5 ± 14.2

63.3 ± 17.5

27.8 ± 13.4

4.6 ± 1.6

26.4 ± 11.4

CaDPA vac 10 day

464 (97%)

39.4 ± 17.8

66.0 ± 21.2

26.6 ± 12.3

3.8 ± 1.3

29.6 ± 9.5

Dodecylamine (untreated)

414 (99%)

35.1 ± 23.3

37.2 ± 22.7

2.1 ± 2.8

4.1 ± ± 1.4

20.6 ± 18.7

Dodecylamine vac 1 day

447 (87%)

42.8 ± 25.2

49.8 ± 32.9

7.0 ± 13.2

4.6 ± 1.2

15.9 ± 12.4

Dodecylamine vac 10 day

367 (82%)

60.2 ± 34.8

72.6 ± 37.0

12.4 ± 15.5

4.7 ± 1.3

16.0 ± 9.7

  1. vac vacuum exposure
  2. aPS533 (wild type) spores with or without high vacuum treatment were germinated for 2–2.5 h with various germinants, and kinetic parameters of spore germination were determined as described in Methods and in Supplementary Figs 25. All values shown are from ~100 individual spores that contained CaDPA and germinated