Fig 3.

SPR analysis of bacterium-free injections of gal-3 over an immobilized ASF surface. Inhibition is defined as the ability of bacteria to interact with gal-3, thereby reducing its ability to generate a surface plasmon response through interaction with the ASF chip surface. Gal-3 injected over the ASF surface in the absence of bacteria was used to define the 0% inhibition SPR response. The effects of injections with and without bacteria are compared, and data are presented as mean inhibition ± the standard deviation. Experiments were carried out in triplicate (n = 3).