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. 2018 Jun 29;8:9873. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28042-4

Figure 4.

Figure 4

PQS was extracted from isolated cells or OMVs using a 1:1 ethyl acetate ratio. The organic layer was dried under Nitrogen and the resulting sample was resuspended in 50% methanol. PQS was analyzed using reverse-phase HPLC. (A) Chromatogram of compounds extracted from ΔpqsA (+/− PQS) OMVs. The quantity of PQS recovered from (B) OMVs and (C) cells was measured for ΔpqsA +/− PQS and wild type PA14 grown under the “−PQS” condition. PQS retention time: 28.9 minutes. Exogenous [PQS] in “+PQS” = 6.7 ± 1.4 µM. Statistical significance was analyzed by one-tailed Student t-Test. (n.s. p > 0.05, n = 3).