Figure 1.
Physical characterization of OMVs secreted from RC85+ and RC85 cells. TEM image of OMVs released from RC85+ (a) and RC85 (b) cells. Bar = 100 nm. The size distribution OMVs derived from RC85+ (c) and RC85 (d) cells, as assessed by the Zeta-sizer. Three independent measurements were performed; means are shown with the maximum-minimum (error bars) of the percentage volume. The zeta potential of OMVs from RC85+ (e) and RC85 (f) cells was measured by the Zeta-sizer and each experiment was performed in triplicate. Three micrograms of whole cell lysates (WCLs), periplasmic proteins (PPs), cytoplasmic proteins (CPs), inner membrane proteins (IMPs), outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and OMVs from RC85+ (g) and RC85 (h) cells were separated by 12% SDS-PAGE and then the protein profiles were visualized using silver staining.