Figure 7From: Quantitative analysis of persister fractions suggests different mechanisms of formation among environmental isolates of E. coliThe primary determinant of the persister fraction is the rate of switching to the persister state. A: The rate of switching from the normal cellular state to the persister state is strongly correlated with the fraction of persisters in the population. B: There is little to no correlation between the rate of switching from the persister state to the normal state and the fraction of persisters. C: No correlation exists between the rate of death of normal cells and the persister fraction.Back to article page