TABLE 5.

Dimensions of HMW bacteriocins of gram-negative producers

Bacteriocin type	Dimension (nm)a					Reference
	A	B	D	E	F
Budvicia aquatica aquaticinb	107 ± 7	18 ± 2	9 ± 1	47 ± 2	24 ± 1	This paper
Erwinia carotovora	184 ± 4	22	13	69 ± 2	25	20
Pragia fontium fonticinb,c	115 ± 5	20 ± 1	10 ± 1	63 ± 10	26 ± 1	This paper
Proteus vulgaris	128	18	7			6
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (R-type pyocin)	130	15				13
Serratia plymithicum	133	16		50	20	14
Xenorhabdus nematophilus	170					24
Yersinia enterocolitica	80 ± 5	15 ± 1	5 ± 1	35 ± 2	20 ± 2	23

^aThe individual measured values headed by capital letters correspond to the diagrams shown in Fig. 3. Data are means ± standard deviations.

^bDesignated according to the usual nomenclature of bacteriocins (9).

^cAveraged data from all analyzed strains of P. fontium.