FIGURE 6.
Phagocytosis of LOS mutants by Acanthamoeba. Amoebae were infected with M. marinum strains at an m.o.i. of 1. A, phagocytosis rates of the wbbL2, MMAR_2331, and the MMAR_2321 mutants and complemented (_C) strains by A. polyphaga (left panel) and A. castellanii (right panel) normalized to 1 for the wild-type strain. B, percentage of infected A. polyphaga (left panel) or A. castellanii (right panel) with the wbbL2, MMAR_2331, and MMAR_2321 mutants and complemented strains. Results are representative of three independent experiments and are expressed as means ± S.D. (error bars) of triplicates.