Table 1.

Measurement of OM expansion.

	Area of OM (μm2)
	L-formsa (ampicillin)			L-form-like cellsb (sucrose)
Time (min)	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
0	0.114	0.093	0.11	0.089	0.068	0.047
10	0.118	0.101	0.118	0.089	0.072	0.047
20	0.123	0.101	0.123	0.089	0.068	0.047
30	0.127	0.11	0.127	0.089	0.068	0.047
40	0.131	0.11	0.127	0.089	0.072	0.047
50	0.135	0.114	0.131	0.089	0.068	0.047
60	0.14	0.118	0.14	0.089	0.068	0.047
70	0.14	0.123	0.144	0.089	0.072	0.042
80	0.148	0.127	0.152	0.089	0.072	0.047
90	0.148	0.131	0.152	0.089	0.072	0.047
Increase over 90 min (%)	29.8	40.8	38.2	0	5.8	0

^aL-forms were selected from a time-lapse experiment with ampicillin treatment used for Video S4 (Supporting Information).

^bL-form-like cells were selected from a time-lapse experiment with sucrose treatment used for Video S2 (Supporting Information).