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Table 1 Spontaneous induction of λ cI857 S7 prophage in E. coli cells cultivated in media supporting different growth rates

From: Inhibition of spontaneous induction of lambdoid prophages in Escherichia colicultures: simple procedures with possible biotechnological applications

Medium

Growth rate (doublings per hour)

Frequency of spontaneous prophage

  

induction (phages per cell)a

LB

1.0

6.6 × 10-7

M9GluCaa

0.8

4.0 × 10-8

M9Glu

0.6

< 1 × 10-9

M9Gly

0.4

< 1 × 10-9

M9Suc

0.3

< 1 × 10-9

  1. aThe results are average values from three measurements. In all cases, the standard deviation was below 10%
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