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. 2017 Oct 5;5:e3887. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3887

Figure 1. Transmission electron micrographs of S. pneumoniae after treatment with hybrid peptides.

Figure 1

(A) Control cells without treatment appeared with normal shape (A, arrow 1). (B–F) display the damage of pneumococcal cells after 1 hr incubation in presence of (B) RN7-IN10, (C) RN7-IN9, (D) RN7-IN8, (E) RN7-IN7 and (F) RN7-IN6. (Arrow 2) Breakage and loss of cell wall/membrane fragments. (Arrow 3) Leakage of cytoplasm and halos formation. (Arrow 4) Detachment of cytoplasmic membrane from pneumococcal cell wall. Bar indicates 200 nm.