The Role of Methyl-(Z)-11-tetradecenoate Acid from the Bacterial Membrane Lipid Composition in Escherichia coli Antibiotic Resistance

Table 4

Descriptive statistic correlation between the evolution of resistance and the fatty acid presence/absence in the bacterial membrane of the studied samples.

(a)

Sample no.	Sensitive no.	Resistant no.	Fatty acid no.
1	4	7	7
2	6	5	10
3	3	8	6
4	4	7	8
5	3	8	8
6	9	2	11
7	5	6	7
8	4	7	5
9	4	7	6
10	4	7	8
11	6	5	11
Mean	4.727272727	6.272727273	7.909090909
Standard error	0.523813101	0.523813101	0.609836721
Median	4	7	8
Mode	4	7	8
Standard deviation	1.737291518	1.737291518	2.022599587
Sample variance	3.018181818	3.018181818	4.090909091
Kurtosis	3.033156723	3.033156723	-0.866962963
Skewness	1.629735293	-1.629735293	0.416039579
Range	6	6	6
Minimum	3	2	5
Maximum	9	8	11
Sum	52	69	87
Count	11	11	11
Confidence level (95.0%)	1.167128323	1.167128323	1.358800892

(b)

Sensitive		Resistant		Fatty acids
Lower	Higher	Lower	Higher	Lower	Higher
4.7273-1.1671
3.560144	5.894401	5.105599	7.439856	6.55029	9.267892