|
Post-infection (h)
|
A. marginate infection
|
R. rickettsii infection
|
|---|
| |
Number of bacteria/flask
|
% BME26 mortality
|
Number of bacteria/flask
|
% BME26 mortality
|
|---|
|
6
|
4.21 × 107 ± 1.15 × 107
|
10 ± 2
|
nd
|
4 ± 0.8
|
|
24
|
6.66 × 107 ± 6.39 ± 106
|
16 ± 4
|
nd
|
11 ± 2
|
|
48
|
4.86 × 107 ± 7.77 × 106
|
16 ± 8
|
2.04 × 106 ± 4.32 × 105
|
7 ± 3
|
|
72
|
6.55 × 107 ± 2.38 × 107
|
19 ± 6
|
1.18 × 106 ± 4.52 × 105
|
45 ± 4
|
- The infection of BME26 cells was monitored by absolute qPCR. The mortality of BME26 cells was monitored by trypan blue staining under light microscopy (adapted from Rosa et al. [17]). Abbreviation: nd, not detected by qPCR
