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. 2016 Oct 4;6:34695. doi: 10.1038/srep34695

Figure 4. The QS capacities of cells with different aggregate sizes in microcapsules.

Figure 4

(a) The relative bioluminescence intensity (RBI) of V. harveyi cells in aggregate with different sizes. (b) The relative AI-2 induction of different aggregate sizes. AI-2 induction was quantified using a biological method employing V. harveyi BB170 as a reporter strain, and the supernatant from BB152 was used as a positive control. (c) The expression levels of QS-related genes in aggregates with different sizes. The RNA polymerase A subunit gene (rpoA) was used as a housekeeping gene, and the results were normalized to the SA group. Genes in green color indicated down-regulated expression and genes in red color indicated up-regulated expression. Error bars represent the standard deviation of three replicates. Significant differences between groups were analyzed by t-test. Single asterisk indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) and double asterisk indicates significant difference (p < 0.01).