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Table 1 Hatching of Trichuris muris and T. suis eggs after incubation with Escherichia coli (BL-21)

From: Bacteria-induced egg hatching differs for Trichuris muris and Trichuris suis

  Average hatching percentage (± SD)
Escherichia coli concentration/ml 4 h 24 h
T. muris T. suis T. muris T. suis
5 × 108 83.9 (±12.9) 0.1 (±0.1) 80.5 (±16.9) 0.1 (±0.1)
10 × 108 57.0 (±1.4) 0.0 (±0.1) 70.5 (±4.8) 0.1 (±0.1)
20 × 108 13.5 (±4.8) 0.0 (±0.0) 72.0 (±21.8) 0.0 (±0.0)
Controls (no E. coli) 0.0 (±0.0) 0.2 (±0.2) 0.1 (±0.1) 0.2 (±0.2)
  1. Trichuris eggs incubated with three different concentrations of E. coli (BL-21) in RPMI-1640 with 5 % penicillin-streptomycin and 5 % amphotericin B after 4 and 24 h incubation at 36 °C. The controls are Trichuris eggs incubated without the E. coli; n = 4 per group
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