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. 2021 Apr 2;11:7457. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86764-4

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Lipoic acid biosynthesis as cause of small colony phenotype in Enterobacter hormaechei isolated from a bloodstream infection in a patient with end-stage renal disease. Genomic sequencing of the paired NCV and SCV isolates revealed multiple genomic lesions including single nucleotide substitutions in entD, hemN, and pqqB along with large-scale rearrangements leading to disruption of the lipA gene. (a) Genetic rescue with lipA restored normal growth from the Enterobacter hormaechei SCV. (b) Chemical rescue with lipoic acid restored normal growth in Enterobacter hormaechei SCV. (c) Cross-feeding from Enterobacter hormaechei NCV restores growth of SCV, consistent with a diffusible factor required for growth. All plates in this figure were incubated under aerobic conditions.