TABLE 3.
C. jejuni bacteria that become cell associated remain associated with T84 polarized cells
C. jejuni strain | No. of bacteria
|
% of cell-associated bacteria
|
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell associated at 4 h | In basolateral medium
|
Cell associated at 7 h | Translocated to basolateral mediuma | Remaining cell associatedb | |||
4-5 h | 5-6 h | 6-7 h | |||||
F38011 | (9.8 ± 1.3) × 105 | (1.7 ± 0.4) × 104 | (8.0 ± 1.4) × 103 | (6.8 ± 0.5) × 103 | (9.5 ± 1.3) × 105 | 3.2 | 96.9 |
81-176 | (8.8 ± 1.0) × 105 | (4.1 ± 0.7) × 104 | (3.8 ± 1.0) × 104 | (3.3 ± 1.0) × 104 | (7.5 ± 0.6) × 105 | 12.7 | 85.2 |
(Total number of translocated bacteria/number of cell-associated bacteria) × 100.
(Number of cell-associated bacteria at 7 h/number of cell-associated bacteria at 4 h) × 100.