Figure 5

Electron microscopy of surface morphological changes of bacteria triggered by homicorcin and its variant homicorcin 1. Electron micrographs showing membrane morphology of Micrococcus luteus ATCC 1856 under the following conditions: (A) without treatment, (B) nisin A-treated and (C) homicorcin and (D) homicorcin 1 treated. {Normal cell (green arrow); Pore on cell membrane (red arrow); Lysed cell with deformed cell membrane ( orange arrow)}.