FIG 4.

BMCs are expressed during growth on fucose and rhamnose. (A) Growth curves using l-fucose or l-rhamnose of the ΔpvmDE and Δplim_1104 strains grown with or without sugars. Data for the Δplim_1104 strain are reproduced from Fig. 3A and B. Each data point is an average of three independently grown cultures (n = 3); each error bar represents 1 standard deviation. (B to D) Electron microscopy of wild-type P. limnophilus showing BMCs (indicated by white arrowheads) when grown for 9 days on l-fucose (B) and l-rhamnose (C) but not d-glucose (D).