FIG 5.

Exposure to simulated mucosal environments makes Aeromonas sp. strain B135 susceptible to phage V46. (A) V46 titers over time on 0.2× LB cultures supplemented with primary rainbow trout mucus. (B) V46 titers over time on 0.2× LB cultures supplemented with purified porcine mucin. For panels A and B, the bacteria were grown in mucus or mucin 20 h before infection with phages. (C) V46 titers over time on 0.2× LB cultures supplemented with purified porcine mucin at the time of infection. Each data point represents the average of triplicates and their standard deviation. Unpaired t tests were used to compare controls and tested conditions (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.001).