Figure 3.

Competition in colonization among Ca-n and Ca-g C. albicans populations. Competition between Ca-n and Ca-g populations was performed through inoculation of cells from in vitro culture in the day and doses indicated. Colonies were associated to a specific population in accordance to the fluorescent label. A value of 0 is attributed to non-detected-populations. Stool levels (log CFU per gram, mean ± SEM) are represented along the time. (A) Ca-gS vs. 10⁶ cells of Ca-n (n = 3); (B) Ca-gL vs. 10⁶ cells of Ca-n (n = 7); (C) Ca-gS vs. 5 × 10⁶ cells of Ca-n (n = 5); (D) Ca-gL vs. 5 × 10⁶ cells of Ca-n (n = 5); (E) Ca-gS vs. 10⁷ cells of Ca-n (n = 6); and (F) Ca-gL vs. 10⁷ cells of Ca-n (n = 4). DL refers to detection limit as explained in Materials and Methods section.