Fig 5.

Viability of the double mutant strain Δgor-ΔsodA upon HOSCN treatment. (A) S. pneumoniae strain Δgor-ΔsodA (OD₆₂₀ 0.02) was grown and treated with 800 µM HOSCN for 90 min, and viability was measured via plate counts as described in Fig. 3. Data are presented as the mean ± SD from three independent experiments, with symbols designating matching replicate data. A significant difference to the respective control was determined by paired t-tests and is indicated by * for P < 0.05. (B) Summary diagram showing the impact of Δgor (9), ΔsodA (Fig. 3E), and Δgor-ΔsodA mutations on S. pneumoniae HOSCN viability. The diagram was created in Biorender.com.