Table 3.
Cell length distributions in the presence or absence of 2APur
| Strain | 2APur | Cell
lengths (μm)
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >5 μm | Range | Median | Avg. | SD | N | ||
| BT199 | − | 0% | 1.4–5.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 45 |
| + | 7% | 1.8–18 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 110 | |
| STL4150 | − | 2% | 1.4–5.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 51 |
| + | 43% | 2.1–49 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 147 | |
| STL4150-S | − | 4% | 2.1–8.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 102 |
| + | 12% | 1.8–16 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 72 | |
| VB31 | − | 0% | 1.1–4.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 60 |
| + | 36% | 1.8–46 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 140 | |
| VB31-H | − | 0% | 1.5–3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 52 |
| + | 8% | 1.9–7.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 50 | |
| VB31-L | − | 3% | 1.4–11 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 150 |
| + | 3% | 1.1–10 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 90 | |
Cultures were grown and cell lengths were determined as described in Experimental Procedures. N, cells measured. Graphical presentation of some of these data is available in Fig. 4, which is published as supplemental material on the PNAS web site, www.pnas.org.