Table 3.
Bacterial Counts in Luminal Contents
| E. coli Strain | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouse Strain | CUMT8 | NC101 | K12 |
| IL-10-/- | 110 (1–701)a | 264 (4–1550) | 22 (1–603) |
| Wild-type | 110 (9–793) | 306 (75–830) | 130 (1–280) |
aValues represent median × 107 (range) of bacterial counts obtained by quantitative plating of contents of the ileum of mice monoassociated for 12 weeks with the indicated E. coli strain (n = 8–12 per group). There were no statistically significant differences in luminal bacterial contents comparing CUMT8-, NC101-, or K12-monoassociated IL-10-/- mice with each other or comparing CUMT8-, NC101-, or K12-monoassociated wild-type mice with each other.