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. 2011 Feb 28;6(2):e17424. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017424

Figure 2. Illustration of adherence of EHEC O157:H7 strain 86-24 in vitro in the presence and absence of lactose.

Figure 2

Bacteria were grown in BHIN, BHIN+lac, and MB to IPEC-J2 cells. Adherence assays were performed for 6 h as described in Materials and Methods. The bacteria grown in MB caused almost no adherence; there was a sharp decrease in adherence when grown with lactose.