Macromolecular compositions of population-average cells of M.bovis BCG Pasteur grown in a chemostat§.

§, The table is based on the ratios DNA: RNA: protein : dry cell mass reported for the two cultures of M. bovis BCG Pasteur [21] which were later investigated by microarray analysis [11].¶, The numbers of genome equivalents per population-average cell were obtained by the methods described in Supporting data for Table 4 (Material S1).‡, naa(av) was calculated from mp(av) on the basis that 1 fg protein is equal to 5.6×106 amino acid residues [19].†, At any instant during exponential growth about 80% of ribosomes are engaged in peptide bond formation [19].