Table 2. Evaluation of the role of Ebp pili in E. faecalis cell–cell adherence by fluorescence imaging of plates containing GFP-tagged and non-fluorescent colonies.
Cells mixed | Mixed colonies (%) |
OG1RF : : gfp+OG1SSp | 12.85 ± 1.2 |
OG1RF : : gfp+OG1SSpΔebpABC | 7.1 ± 1.6* |
OG1RF : : gfpΔebpABC+OG1SSp | 6.8 ± 1.3* |
OG1RF : : gfpΔebpABC+OG1SSpΔebpABC | 1.8 ± 0.9* |
P < 0.05 vs OG1RF : : gfp+OG1SSp.