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Outer membrane permeabilization assays. Cells were treated with indicated concentrations of polymyxin B (A), EDTA (B), and spermidine (C). Activities of periplasmic β-lactamase were determined by enzymatic measurements as described in Materials and Methods. Filled circles, cell-free filtrates; empty circles, whole cells.
