FIG 6.

Effects of previous growth in medium supplemented with sucrose on strain susceptibilities to C3b deposition. Strains grown in BHI medium or CDM supplemented or not with 0.01 or 0.1% sucrose were harvested, washed with PBS, and treated with human serum for C3b deposition. Columns represent mean MFI values for C3b determined by flow cytometry in three independent experiments. Bars represent standard deviations. Asterisks indicate significant differences between groups (P < 0.05 as determined by a Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's post hoc test).