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. 2020 Nov 19;3:694. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01417-y

Fig. 6. Cadmium induced changes to the S. pneumoniae membrane.

Fig. 6

Biophysical changes to the S. pneumoniae membrane in response to 30 µM Cd2+ stress. a Total abundance of saturated (14:0, 16:0, 18:0) and unsaturated (16:1, 18:1) acyl chains as determined by LC/MS metabolomic analyses. Acyl chain abundance in untreated S. pneumoniae is shown in white circles and acyl chain abundance from 30 µM Cd2+-treated S. pneumoniae is shown in black circles. Data presented are the mean ± SD of six independent biological replicates (n = 6). The statistical significance of the differences in the mean data were determined by two-tailed unpaired t-tests (*P = 0.0383, **P = 0.0016, 0.0013, 0.0029, and ****P < 0.0001). b Membrane rigidity as determined by diphenylhexatriene fluorescence normalized to untreated signal and expressed as % change. Data presented are the mean ± SD of six independent biological replicates (n = 6). The statistical significance of the differences in the mean data were determined by two-tailed unpaired t-tests (***P = 0.0005).