Rates of germination of wild-type and gerW B. subtilis spores with L-alanine, L-valine or AGFK.

Spores of various strains were germinated with saturating levels of different germinants, and spore germination was monitored by DPA release as described in Methods. Rates of spore germination were determined from plots of DPA release as a function of time. Values shown are averages of values in two independent experiments with the same spore preparations that differed by Rates of germination of wild-type and gerW B. subtilis spores with L-alanine, L-valine or AGFK.