From: Occurrence of leu+ revertants under starvation cultures in Escherichia coli is growth-dependent
 | Description | Number of micro-drops or plates with Ni papillae | |||||
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 | Day 2 | Day 4 | Day 7 | Day 11 | Day 15 | Day 18 | |
A | 8.27 × 107 cells/micro-drop | N0 = 589 | N0 = 501 | N0 = 475 | N0 = 462 | N0 = 344 | N0 = 264 |
 | Total micro-drops = 620 | N1 = 29 | N1 = 108 | N1 = 125 | N1 = 116 | N1 = 199 | N1 = 246 |
 | Total cells = 5.13 × 1010 | N2 = 2 | N2 = 11 | N2 = 13 | N2 = 20 | N2 = 49 | N2 = 63 |
 |  |  |  | N3 = 7 | N3 = 9 | N3 = 23 | N3 = 31 |
 |  |  |  |  | N4 = 3 | N4 = 5 | N4 = 13 |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | N5 = 3 |
 | Papillae/micro-drop | 0.053 | 0.210 | 0.277 | 0.315 | 0.619 | 0.858 |
B | 8.27 × 107 cells/plate | N1 = 6 | N1 = 8 N2 = 1 | N1 = 8 | N1 = 8 | N1 = 7 | N1 = 7 |
 | Total plates = 50 |  |  | N2 = 2 | N2 = 2 | N2 = 2 | N2 = 2 |
 | Total cells = 4.20 × 109 |  |  |  |  | N3 = 1 | N3 = 1 |
 | Papillae/plate | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
C | 8.27 × 106 cells/micro-drop | N0 = 1600 | N0 = 1600 | N0 = 1600 | N0 = 1599 | N0 = 1598 | N0 = 1598 |
 | Total micro-drops = 1600 |  |  |  | N1 = 1 | N1 = 2 | N1 = 2 |
 | Total cells = 1.32 × 1010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Papillae/micro-drop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
D | 8.27 × 107 cells/micro-drop | N0 = 160 | N0 = 154 N1 = 6 | N0 = 152 | N0 = 145 | N0 = 137 | N0 = 127 |
 | Total micro-drops = 160 |  |  | N1 = 8 | N1 = 15 | N1 = 23 | N1 = 33 |
 | Total cells = 1.32 × 1010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Papillae/micro-drop | 0 | 0.038 | 0.05 | 0.094 | 0.144 | 0.206 |
E | 2.96 × 108 cells/micro-drop | N0 = 45 | N0 = 41 | N0 = 33 | N0 = 21 | N0 = 11 | N0 = 8 |
 | Total drops = 125 | N1 = 38 | N1 = 39 | N1 = 42 | N1 = 40 | N1 = 45 | N1 = 42 |
 |  | N2 = 24 | N2 = 24 | N2 = 27 | N2 = 37 | N2 = 40 | N2 = 38 |
 |  | N3 = 11 | N3 = 12 | N3 = 13 | N3 = 12 | N3 = 13 | N3 = 19 |
 |  | N4 = 6 | N4 = 7 | N4 = 8 | N4 = 12 | N4 = 11 | N4 = 12 |
 |  | N5 = 1 | N5 = 2 | N5 = 2 | N5 = 3 | N5 = 5 | N5 = 6 |
 | Papillae/micro-drop | 1.18 | 1.29 | 1.42 | 1.70 | 1.90 | 2.02 |
F | 2.96 × 108 cells/micro-drop | N0 = 125 | N0 = 125 | N0 = 125 | N0 = 125 | ------ | ------ |
 | Total drops = 125 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Papillae/micro-drop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | ------ |