Molecular Characterization of Host-Specific Biofilm Formation in a Vertebrate Gut Symbiont (original) (raw)
Figure 2
Biofilm formation of L. reuteri strains is host specific.
(A) Quantification of biofilm density (relative to biofilm of strain 100-23) by confocal microscopy and cell counts in forestomach contents of L. reuteri strains two days after gavage with a single dose of ∼107 cells. Bars are color coded according to host origin (green, rodent; blue, human; red, pig, and orange, chicken). Confocal micrographs showing density and pattern of bacteria (red) by strains (B) Lpuph (mouse), (C) Mlc3 (mouse), (D) DSM20016T (human), and (E) ATCC 53608 (pig).