TABLE 3.

Effect of peptidoglycan precursors modification on cell shape (length/width ratio)

Strain	Length average ± ICa	Width average ± ICa	Length/Widthb
	μm	μm
NZ3900	1.7 ± 0.05	0.7 ± 0.01	2.4
MD006	1.9 ± 0.05	0.8 ± 0.02	2.4
MD001	1.6 ± 0.05	0.8 ± 0.01	2.0
MD003	1.5 ± 0.06	0.9 ± 0.02	1.6
MD003–128	1.3 ± 0.04	1.0 ± 001	1.3
BLD006	1.3 ± 0.04	1.0 ± 0.02	1.3
VES2065	1.7 ± 0.06	0.97 ± 0.02	1.8

^a n ≥ 200 cells. IC, interval of confidence, α = 0.01.

^b Ratio of average cell length to average cell width.