Extended Data Fig. 8: Control experiments for coordinated lifestyle transition and mHO-1 synthesis.

a-b, Quantification of the biofilm thickness and mHO-1 concentration of the mHO-1-encoding strain, which carries the plasmid IS5-Zn-mHO-1-prob in the constant presence (a) and absence (b) of zinc. c-f, Quantification of the biofilm thickness and mHO-1 concentration of the strain carrying the plasmid P45-Zn-mHO-1 in four different zinc-changing environments. Experimental data are presented as mean ± s.d. from 3 independent experiments.