Adherence levels of MGAS10270 or MGAS6180 and corresponding Δ<i>aspA</i> mutants to A549 lung epithelial cells (pneumocytes) or Detroit 562 pharyngeal epithelial cells.

Abstract

<p>Adherence is expressed as percentage of input cells (10⁶ cfu) attached. Data are means ± SEM of 3 experiments repeated in triplicate. * = <i>P</i><0.001 using 2 tail student T-test.</p