Ch-AOMK
labels Clostridium perfringens BSH in
vitro in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Active or heat-killed
(HK) BSH was treated with Ch-AOMK for various amounts of time using
(a) Ch-AOMK at 500 μM or (b) varying concentrations of Ch-AOMK
at 37 °C for 24 h, after which the samples were tagged using
the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) with
Fluor 488-alkyne. The samples were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and visualized
by in-gel fluorescence. A.U. = arbitrary unit. The bands were quantified
by densitometry using ImageJ (bottom panels). Error bars represent
standard deviation from the mean. * p < 0.05,
** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001,
n.s. = not significant, n = (a) 8, (b) 6.