C. NlpI deletion exacerbates the morphological defects of the PBP1B/LpoB-mutant strains. The graph shows the cell width of single and double deletions strains (800 < n < 2000 cells). The box has a medium between 25 and 75%. The whiskers with the upper and lower vertical line indicating the 95 and 5%. The dots are individual points outside the 5 and 95% range. Representative images of the strains are shown above the graph. The scale bar equals 2 µm. Gene encoding protein legend: nlpI encodes NlpI, mrcA encodes PBP1A, lpoA encodes LpoA, mrcB encodes PBP1B, lpoB encodes LpoB. 