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. 2023 Oct 17;21(10):e3002329. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002329

Fig 3. Transmission of strains between monocolonised mice when co-housed.

Fig 3

(A) Schematic of co-housing experiment in which mice are monocolonised with either 822-E8 or F016 strains for 1 week before exchanging mice between cages. (B) Growth of the invading strain in co-housed mice measured by strain-specific qPCR at select time points (n = 4 for 822-E8 shown in black, n = 5 for F016 shown in orange). Data presented as a percentage of total growth. (C, D) CFU per gram of faeces measured by qPCR in monocolonised mice followed by co-housing. Bacterial growth measured by strain specific qPCR from faecal pellets, 822-E8 growth (black circles) and growth of F016 (orange triangles). (C) Mice monocolonised by an 822-E8 strain (n = 4). (D) Mice monocolonised by F016 (n = 5). Parts of the figure were drawn by using pictures from Servier Medical Art. Servier Medical Art by Servier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Raw data used to produce figure available in S4 Data.