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Fig. 7

From: Characterization of pneumococcal Ser/Thr protein phosphatase phpP mutant and identification of a novel PhpP substrate, putative RNA binding protein Jag

Fig. 7

Phenotype of Δjag mutant. a Growth curve of WT (Sp1) and Δjag (Sp295) cultivated in TSB medium plotted in semi logarithmic scale. Data shown represent mean ± SD for three independent experiments. Where error bars are not shown, the SD was within the size of the symbol. b Scanning electron microscopy of WT (Sp1) and Δjag strain (Sp295). Bar 0.5 μm. Cell length is expressed as median value ± MAD (n = 300). c Cell size analysis of WT (Sp1), Δjag (Sp295) and complementation strain Δjag PZn-jag-flag (Sp304). Cell length parameters measured with MicrobeTracker software were analyzed and plotted in box-and-whiskers graph. Mann-Whitney U test: * cell length of mutant strain is significantly different from that of the WT strain P < 0.0001. 300 cells were scored per sample

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