Table 2. Quantification of movement type of live gliding parasites on FBS or Collagen I.
Parasite Strain (on FBS) (on Collagen) |
Helical % FBS % Collagen |
Twirling % FBS % Collagen |
Circular % FBS % Collagen |
Inactive % FBS % Collagen |
Non-Productive % FBS % Collagen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Δsub1:: FLSUB1 | |||||
(211 parasites) | 33.2% | 17.1% | 14.7% | 20.0% | 15.2% |
(128 parasites) | 38.2% | 21.9% | 3.1% | 23.4% | 13.3% |
Δsub1 | |||||
(190 parasites) | 4.7% | 15.3% | 8.9% | 54.0% | 17.4% |
(181 parasites) | 23.2% | 19.3% | 1.1% | 40.8% | 15.5% |
Δsub1::ΔGPISUB1 | |||||
(205 parasites) | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
(180 parasites) | 42.7% | 9.4% | 1.7% | 32.2% | 13.9% |