TABLE 2.
Level of induction of Stx phage expressed in OD600 units
| Strain | OD600a |
|
|---|---|---|
| −MMC | +MMC | |
| 2976-1 | 3.50 ± 0.10 | 0.31 ± 0.09 |
| 10d | 3.33 ± 0.22 | 0.71 ± 0.17 |
| 09QMA277.2 | 3.10 ± 0.14 | 0.37 ± 0.08 |
| 09QMA245.2 | 3.20 ± 0.36 | 0.73 ± 0.11 |
| F46-223 | 3.25 ± 0.26 | 0.34 ± 0.14 |
| VTH7 | 2.73 ± 0.09 | 0.88 ± 0.04 |
| H19 | 2.80 ± 0.29 | 0.78 ± 0.04 |
| 3901/97 | 2.67 ± 0.33 | 0.68 ± 0.07 |
| 11368 | 2.75 ± 0.06 | 0.60 ± 0.11 |
| 3073/00 | 3.03 ± 0.38 | 0.45 ± 0.41 |
| 5917/97 | 2.86 ± 0.33 | 0.22 ± 0.05 |
| 29348 | 3.28 ± 0.22 | 0.25 ± 0.06 |
| 31132 | 2.98 ± 0.26 | 0.37 ± 0.09 |
| 21765(1) | 2.75 ± 0.17 | 1.23 ± 0.13 |
a
OD600 of untreated (−MMC) and MMC-treated (+MMC) STEC O26:H11 culture after 24 h of incubation at 37°C. The values are the means of the results of three independent experiments.