Table 2.

Distribution of tripeptides in peptidoglycan of the drug-treated whole cells of E. faecium (mid-exponential growth) of Figures 4 and 8.

	Stem-linked [%]	Tripeptides [%]
No vancomycin	60	40
15 μg/ml vancomycin	65	35
25 μg/ml vancomycin	65	35
No oritavancin	63	37
15 μg/ml oritavancin	37	63
25 μg/ml oritavancin	31	69

^*On the basis of three different growths, the relative concentrations are ±2 of those shown (e.g., 60 ±2%).