FIG 1.

Targocil inhibits autolysis of S. aureus strains irrespective of their methicillin susceptibilities but not in a strain lacking WTA. The cells were grown unexposed (−) or exposed (+) to targocil (5 μg/ml) for 1 h, harvested, and washed, and autolysis was measured. Error bars show standard deviations from the average percentages of the initial OD₆₀₀ calculated from triplicate assays.