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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microb Pathog. 2013 Apr 25;0:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2013.04.008

Figure 1. GBS infections alter lung explant tissue growth.

Figure 1

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Fetal rat lung explants were infected with PBS (negative control), a 1,000-fold excess heat-killed GBS strain A909 (GBS-HK), live GBS strain A909 (GBS-L), and E. coli strain EC1 (EC-HK and EC-L). A. Representative phase contrast images of fetal rat lung explants at initiation and termination of experiment. Composite images were used for tissues exceeded the image field size. B. Explant area percent changes subsequent to GBS infections. Data shows the values from at least six independent experiments in which (1 – 4) explants were used per experiment. Error bars show standard error of the mean (SEM) and asterisk indicates statistical significance for all comparisons with GBS-L (at least P < 0.01).