Table 2 Comparison of three separate adherence and invasion experiments

Experiment 1

81-176 (+ve control)

(5.2 ± 0.8) × 10⁷

(3.3 ± 1.0) × 10⁶

6.5

(6.3 ± 2.2) × 10⁵

1.22

18.8

00-2544 (+ prophage)

(3.7 ± 0.2) × 10⁷

(3.8 ± 1.2) × 10⁵

1.0

(2.7 ± 1.1) × 10⁴

0.07

7.0

00-2538 (+ prophage)

(3.7 ± 0.9) × 10⁷

(8.7 ± 0.1) × 10⁵

2.4

(2.0 ± 0.8) × 10⁵

0.54

23.0

00-2425 (+ prophage)

(4.1 ± 0.4) × 10⁷

(6.4 ± 0.8) × 10⁵

1.6

(2.0 ± 0.4) × 10⁵

0.48

31.9

00-2426 (− prophage)

(4.1 ± 0.1) × 10⁷

(1.2 ± 0.4) × 10⁵

0.3

(1.0 ± 0.7) × 10³

0.002

0.8

E. coli Top10 (invasion -ve)

(2.2 ± 0.1) × 10⁷

(5.2 ± 1.0) × 10⁵

2.3

(9.5 ± 0.2) × 10³

0.042

1.8

Experiment 2

81-176 (+ve control)

(2.1 ± 0.5) × 10⁷

(3.5 ± 1.2) × 10⁵

1.6

(2.2 ± 0.3) × 10⁵

1.04

64.3

00-2544 (+ prophage)

(1.8 ± 0.8) × 10⁷

(3.5 ± 2.4) × 10⁵

1.9

(6.5 ± 1.5) × 10⁴

0.33

18.8

00-2538 (+ prophage)

(3.4 ± 0) × 10⁷

(3.9 ± 2.3) × 10⁵

1.1

(7.0 ± 0.9) × 10⁴

0.20

17.9

00-2425 (+ prophage)

(3.3 ± 0.6) × 10⁷

(5.6 ± 1.5) × 10⁵

1.7

(8.4 ± 3.5) × 10⁴

0.26

15.0

00-2426 (− prophage)

(3.4 ± 0.2) × 10⁷

(4.0 ± 2.1) × 10⁴

0.1

(8.7 ± 3.3) × 10²

0.003

2.2

E. coli Top10 (invasion -ve)

(1.8 ± 0.2) × 10⁷

(1.7 ± 0.9) × 10⁵

1.0

(9.6 ± 1.6) × 10³

0.055

5.7

Experiment 3

81-176 (+ve control)

(3.4 ± 0.1) × 10⁷

(1.8 ± 0.3) × 10⁶

5.4

(1.0 ± 0.6) × 10⁵

0.30

5.6

00-2544 (+ prophage)

(2.3 ± 0.3) × 10⁷

(3.6 ± 1.3) × 10⁵

1.6

(4.1 ± 2.0) × 10⁴

0.18

11.4

00-2538 (+ prophage)

(3.8 ± 0.4) × 10⁷

(6.3 ± 2.8) × 10⁵

1.7

(1.3 ± 0.3) × 10⁵

0.33

20.2

00-2425 (+ prophage)

(4.3 ± 1.0) × 10⁷

(1.1 ± 0.2) × 10⁶

2.5

(2.5 ± 1.0) × 10⁵

0.58

22.8

00-2426 (− prophage)

(3.8 ± 1.6) × 10⁷

(1.6 ± 0.3) × 10⁵

0.4

(5.5 ± 6.0) × 10²

0.001

0.35

E. coli Top10 (invasion -ve)

(2.0 ± 0.01) × 10⁷

(2.1 ± 0.6) × 10⁵

1.1

(4.9 ± 2.2) × 10³

0.024

2.3