FIGURE 1.
Escherichia coli reference collection (ECOR) strains bearing tcpC gene increase TER in T-84 cell monolayers. The effect on TER of the indicated Escherichia coli strains from the ECOR collection was analyzed in T-84 monolayers in comparison with the probiotic EcN and the laboratory strain HB101. TER values were measured before and after 24 h incubation with cell-free supernatants (CF-SN) (2 mg protein/ml) collected from LB cultures (n = 3 independent biological replicates). Data are presented as percentage of increase in TER from the initial value. asignificance against untreated control cells (p ≤ 0.001).