Death rates of ∆rpoS mutants versus the growth rate (grey symbols), compared to wild-type E. coli K-12 (white symbols, data from Fig. 1). Death rate increases with growth rate with a smaller slope (∆rpoS: 0.57±0.13 h) compared to wild-type (WT: 0.88±0.13 h). Black and grey lines show linear weighted least square fits to log-transformed data, which take uncertainty in data points into account (see Methods). Data shown as mean ± SD. Two or three replicates per condition. 