Relation of bacterial survival to the rate of generation. Note: bacteria divide during the time of the experiment, explaining why in the case of severely impaired killing capacity, there are more bacteria at the end than at the start. This figure was originally published by Rada, B. K., Geiszt, M., Káldi, K., Timár, Cs., & Ligeti, E. 2004 Dual role of phagocytic NADPH oxidase in bacterial killing. Blood 104, 2947–2953. © the American Society of Hematology.