FIG 2.

Reduced rate of CCW autolysis of strain MW2 exposed to targocil but not its WTA-deficient mutant. Cells were grown in TSB without (−) or with 0.4 μg/ml (+) of targocil, CCWs were extracted, and autolysis was performed by resuspending them in phosphate buffer, followed by incubation at 37°C. The decrease in OD₆₀₀ was monitored at intervals. Error bars show standard deviations from the average percentages of the initial OD₅₈₀ calculated from triplicate assays.