TABLE 4.
Dimensions of HMW bacteriocin particles produced by strains of P. fontium and B. aquatica
| Particle type and measurement |
Pragia fontium
|
Budvicia aquatica 24522 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24613 | 24647 | 25240 | ||
| Extended particles | ||||
| No.a | 49 | 8 | 18 | 86 |
| Dimension Ab | 116 ± 4 | 119 ± 5 | 112 ± 5 | 107 ± 7 |
| Dimension B | 20 ± 1 | 20 ± 1 | 21 ± 2 | 18 ± 2 |
| Contracted particles | ||||
| No.a | 19 | 15 | 8 | |
| Dimension C | 116 ± 7 | 113 ± 8 | 111 ± 6 | |
| Dimension D | 10 | 10 ± 1 | 9 ± 1 | |
| Dimension E | 63 ± 5 | 64 ± 13 | 47 ± 2 | |
| Dimension F | 26 ± 1 | 26 ± 1 | 24 ± 1 | |
a
Number of measured particles.
b
Dimensions are given in nanometers (mean ± standard deviation). The individual measured values headed by capital letters correspond to the diagrams shown in Fig. 3.