Table 3.

Effect of removing O8-antigen on shape deformities in Escherichia coli

		Exp #1			Exp #2			Exp #3			Exp #4			Cumulative
Strain	O8- antigen	Total # cells	Abnormal (%)	Increase (%)	Total # cells	Abnormal (%)	Increase (%)	Total # cells	Abnormal (%)	Increase (%)	Total # cells	Abnormal (%)	Increase (%)	Total # cells	Abnormal (%)	Increase (%)
AG60B-1	+	358	24	−	386	33	−	65	23	−	57	40	−	866	29	−
AG60B-1*	−	240	51	113	741	38	15	90	52	126	71	52	30	1142	43	48
AG70A-6	+	815	38	−	371	47	−	77	28	−	81	17	−	1344	39	−
AG70A-6*	−	521	50	32	346	62	32	286	30	7	329	30	76	1482	44.6	14
AG70C-12	+	177	42	−	203	51	−	219	26	−	175	32	-	774	38	−
AG70C-12*	−	960	42	0	194	67	31	139	48	85	128	55	72	1421	47	24
AG456-1	+	298	64	−	263	57	−	136	24	−	126	36	−	823	51	−
AG456-1*	−	287	77	20	407	66	16	424	48	100	519	49	36	1637	58	14