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. 2015 Apr 7;10(4):e0121887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121887

Fig 1. The effect of serum on A. pleuropneumoniae growth in chemically defined medium (CDM).

Fig 1

A. pleuropneumoniae was cultured in TSB medium overnight and then sub-cultured into CDM at a dose of 104 CFU/ml. Optical densities of bacterial cultures (OD600nm) were recorded at selected time points. (A) Various concentrations of serum (0–1/10; V/V) were added into CDM; (B) Serum at the concentration of 1/40 was added into CDM (CDM + S). FeCl3, MgCl2 and ZnCl2 were supplemented into the serum-containing medium respectively (CDM + S + Fe/Mg/Zn). A. pleuropneumoniae cultured in CDM without any supplementation was used as a control (CDM). Data are shown as means ± SD from four independent replications.