Complementation with <i>epaBCD</i> restores wild type salt resistance in <i>epaB</i> mutant (TX5179).

<p>Growth of <i>E. faecalis</i> MS377 (○) and MS381 (▴; mutant carrying empty plasmid) treated with 6.5% NaCl. All the values are the means from three independent experiments. For comparative purposes, the growth of MS383 (•; OG1RF carrying empty plasmid) has been included in the figure.