Table 3.
Aerobic and facultative cecal bacteria (average cfu ± SE log10 per gram) in mice (n = 8 per group) orally inoculated with E. faecalis strains
| Oral E. faecalis strain inoculated | Groups of cecal bacteria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inoculated E. faecalis strain | Total E. faecalis* | Total Gram-positive | Total Gram-negative | |
| None | None detected | 5.8 ± 0.5 | 5.6 ± 0.6 | 4.4 ± 0.5 |
| Wild type | 5.4 ± 0.1 | 6.1 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 0.4 | 5.3 ± 0.4 |
| ΔprkC2 | 4.6 ± 0.3† | 5.7 ± 0.4 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 5.4 ± 0.3 |
*Includes indigenous E. faecalis plus orally inoculated E. faecalis.
†Decreased 6-fold (P < 0.01) compared with wild-type OG1RF.