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. 2011 Dec 5;6(12):e28523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028523

Figure 6. Chemical factors secreted in co-culture conditions regulate the expression of key virulence genes.

Figure 6

Conditioned media from S. pneumoniae/NTHi 24h co-cultures was used to treat 24h single species biofilms (Conditioned Media column). Cells were grown in 100% media, and treated with 100%, or 10% media to distinguish the effects of nutrient depletion. The ΔΔCt is presented in Panel A. Fold change from 16s gene expression is displayed in Panel B. Conditioned media did not induce pilA expression. S. pneumoniae spxB and the 16s rRNA genes were down-regulated in the presence of CM compared to the media controls. Student's t-test determined significant down-regulation of spxB only when conditioned media was used.