Mean values and standard deviations of <i>T</i>_lag, <i>T</i>_release, Δ<i>T</i>_release, <i>T</i>_{lys, and} Δ<i>T</i>_lys values for individual germinating <i>G. stearothermophilus</i> spores^*.

*Heat-activated G. stearothermophilus spores were germinated for 30 min with 1 mM L-valine or 1 mM AGFK at 65°C in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 8.0), unactivated G. stearothermophilus spores were germinated at 65°C for 120 min with 60 mM CaDPA or with 1 mM dodecylamine in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 8.0), and decoated G. stearothermophilus spores (heat-activated or unactivated) were germinated with different germinants at 65°C for 30 or 120 min. Kinetic parameters for individual germinations were determined by analysis of ≥100 spores that germinated as described in Methods.