Figure 9. Determination of the atmospheric molecular oxygen consumption of A. fumigatus hyphae after co-incubation with neutrophils for 3 to 12 h.

Hyphae (black bars) were co-incubated with neutrophils for different periods of time. Untreated, hyphae not co-incubated with neutrophils served as controls (stipled bars). The change of the oxygen saturation in the medium (in %) over time (h) was plotted. Asterisks indicate significant difference (*p<0.05 or **p<0.01) in the change of oxygen saturation in comparison to the control. In some experiments DNase I or DPI was added to the co-incubation and the control.