Evaluation of 16S rRNA chain elongation rates (nucleotides h⁻¹) during exponentially growth of <i>M. fortuitum</i>.

(i) and (ii) denote independent cDNA preparations copied from different samples of the same RNA isolate. The variables are defined in Table 1. *, denotes the number of transcripts measured by qRT-PCR per ng of RNA substrate used for cDNA synthesis. 16SrRNA chain elongation. n*tr(A) and n*tr(B) are respectively the number of transcripts of rrnA, transcripts of rrnB. #, εrrs was evaluated by means of equation (6) where lp-rrs = 1,822 nucleotide residues. The value enclosed in brackets is considered to be unreliable.