Figure 7.
Comparison between bacterial cell wall thickness in LS, LR and LI isolates. There are S. capitis (A), S. aureus (B), E. faecalis (C) and E. faecium (D) isolates. 102, HS12-102; 17, HS09-17; 17 + LZD, HS09-17 grown with 4 μg/ml linezolid; 55, HS12-55; 55 + LZD, HS12-55 grown with 32 μg/ml linezolid; ATCC29213, ATCC29213 LS S. aureus; 202, HS11-202; 202 + LZD, HS11-202 grown with 2 μg/ml linezolid; ATCC29212, ATCC29212 LS E. faecalis; 304, HS11-304; 309, HS12-309; 309 + LZD, HS12-309 grown with 2 μg/ml linezolid; 194, HS13-194; 306, HS11-306 (MIC 4 μg/ml). LS reference strains HS12-102 (S. capitis), ATCC29213 (S. aureus), ATCC29212 (E. faecalis) and HS13-194 (E. faecium) were used as controls for the respective groups. 17 versus 102, 55 versus 102, 17 + LZD versus 17, 55 + LZD versus 55, 202 versus ATCC29213, 202 + LZD versus 202, 304 versus ATCC29212, 309 versus ATCC29212, 309 + LZD versus HS12-309 showed significantly differences (**P ≤ 0.001; ***P < 0.0001, two-tailed t-test).