FIG. 5.

Fungal cell counts after incubation with or without amoebae in PBS. Bars represent CFU at different times: solid bars denote CFU at 0 h and hatched bars denote CFU at 48 h. The error bars each represent one standard deviation. There are significant differences (P ≤ 0.001) between each of the fungi incubated with amoebae and the corresponding cells in PBS at 48 h. (A) H. capsulatum CIB 1980 (an attenuated strain); (B) H. capsulatum ATCC G217B; (C) B. dermatitidis; (D) S. schenckii; (E) C. albicans; (F) S. cerevisiae. Initial numbers of CFU vary, since the experiment with all fungi was done simultaneously. Each experiment was done at least twice with similar results.