TABLE 6.

Analytical methods performed in each publication after co-culture of cells and bacteria.

Analytical methods		Staining	Study with applied method
Microscopy	CLSM imaging	Tubulin Tracker Red + DAPI	Jia et al. (2016)
		Phalloidin-TRICT + DAPI	Ren et al. (2019)
		Antibody staining	Ren et al. (2019)
		LIVE/DEAD	Mikolai et al. (2020)
		FISH	Mikolai et al. (2020)
	SEM imaging		Jia et al. (2016) and Mohiti-Asli et al. (2016)
	Light microscope imaging	Alzarin Red S	Mohiti-Asli et al. (2016)
Histology		Specific antibody	Ingendoh-Tsakmakidis et al. (2019) and Murkar et al. (2024)
		Van Gieson	Ingendoh-Tsakmakidis et al. (2019). and Mikolai et al. (2020)
		Hematoxylin + eosin	Murkar et al. (2024)
Molecular methods	Cytokine analysis		Ingendoh-Tsakmakidis et al. (2019), Mikolai et al. (2020), and Murkar et al. (2024)
	Gene expression analysis		Ingendoh-Tsakmakidis et al. (2019) and Mikolai et al. (2020)
Culture based methods	Agar plate spreading		Mohiti-Asli et al. (2016), Murkar et al. (2024), and Jia et al. (2016)
	Cell counting		Bonifacio et al. (2020)
Functional assays	Calcium accretion + DNA quantification		Mohiti-Asli et al. (2016)