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Table 1 Number of CFU recovered on BAP after co-culturing infected cells with fresh host cells

From: Intracellular survival and vascular cell-to-cell transmission of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Addition of new host cells

Number of CFU recovered on BAP after 24 hour co-culture

  

iEC

iSMA

iKB

Co-culture

Medium only

0

0

33 +/- 14

 

KB

72 +/- 8

400 +/- 12

2169 +/- 107

 

SMC

26 +/- 6

210 +/- 18

191 +/- 3

Transwell System

Medium only

0

0

0

 

KB

7 +/- 3

64 +/- 11

361 +/- 19

 

SMC

2 +/- 1

30 +/- 5

79 +/- 15

  1. Values are means +/- standard deviation (three samples per group) for the number of colony forming unit (CFU) recovered on blood agar plates (BAP). Multiplicity of infection (M.O.I.), 100.