Mechanism of Antibacterial Activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C-1 Lipopeptide toward Anaerobic Clostridium difficile

Figure 3

Morphological changes of C. difficile ATCC 9689 treated with 0.5 MIC of the C-1 lipopeptide. Observed with a scanning electron microscope (×25000; (a) untreated cells and (b) treated cells). Observed with a light microscope (×400; (c) untreated cells and (e) treated cells). Observed with a fluorescent microscope (PI staining, ×400; (d) untreated cells and (f) treated cells).

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