Table 3.

Summary of internalization of Vibrio harveyi by juvenile hemocytes

Time‐point	Total number of hemocytes per treatment per bacterial exposurea	Number of hemocytes containing phagocytosed Vibrio fischeri	Number of hemocytes containing phagocytosed V. harveyi	Percentage of hemocytes containing phagocytosed V. harveyi	Number of V. harveyi visualized phagocytosed per hemocyte ± SE
Hatchling	30	0	8	26.6	1.25 ± 0.46
24‐hr apo	30	0	13	43.3	1.62 ± 0.96
24‐hr sym	30	0	7	13.3	1.29 ± 0.49
48‐hr apo	30	0	10	33.3	1.80 ± 1.03
48‐hr sym	30	0	9	30.0	1.77 ± 1.09
72‐hr apo	30	0	10	33.3	1.77 ± 1.09
72‐hr sym	30	0	8	26.6	1.25 ± 0.47
96‐hr apo	30	0	11	36.3	1.45 ± 0.69
96‐hr sym	30	0	9	30.0	1.44 ± 0.53

Abbreviations: apo, aposymbiotic; sym, symbiotic.

^aPhagocytosed bacteria were counted from hemocytes visualized in Figures 2 and 3.