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Table 1 Rickettsial quantification in BME26 cells

From: Immune-related redox metabolism of embryonic cells of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus (BME26) in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale

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

  1. 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
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