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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct;23(5):470–474. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32833da1eb

Figure 2. Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis induce colon tumors in multiple intestinal neoplasia mice.

Figure 2

The photograph shows the distal colons of Min mice colonized for 2 months with either NTBF or ETBF. Only ETBF-colonized Min mice display excess gross tumors in colons stained with methylene blue. ETBF, enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis; Min, multiple intestinal neoplasia; NTBF, nonenterotoxigenic Bactersoides fragilis. Reproduced with permission from [23•].