Fig 5. Growth of Control (non-antibiotic exposed washed spores), Vanc-exposed (vancomycin-exposed washed spores) and Fdx-exposed (Fidaxomicin-exposed washed spores) of strain RT027 following inoculation into BHI broth.

Panel 1: Mean (n = 9) total viable counts (TVC, log₁₀ cfu/mL), spore counts (Spore, log₁₀ cfu/mL) and toxin titre (relative units) at tome points 0, 3, 6, 24 and 48 hours. Panel 2: Corresponding mean percentage vegetative cells (Av %V), phase dark spores (Av %PD), and phase bright spores (Av %PB) at time points 0, 3, 6 and 24 hours.