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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bioessays. 2017 Jul 12;39(8):10.1002/bies.201700045. doi: 10.1002/bies.201700045

Table 1.

Dimensions of the cell envelope of various bacteria determined from cryoEM of cryosections following high pressure freezing.

Bacterial strain Thickness (nm) Ref.
IM periplasm PG
E. coli K12 5.8 9.3 6.4 [16]
E. coli K12 6.3 11.5 6.4 [19]
P. aeruginosa PAO1 6.0 15 2.4 [16]
B. subtilis 168 6.6 22 33 [18]
S. aureus D2C 5.4 16 19 [49]
B. subtilis 168 20 30 [35]
B. subtilis W23 20 33 [35]
S. gordonii 16 26 [35]
M. bovis 6.3 14 6.3 [19]