FIGURE 5.

Chemotaxis toward eel skin mucus in V. vulnificus. Chemotaxis was measured as Chemotactic response (ratio of bacterial numbers in eel skin mucus-capillaries vs. control-capillaries [containing Chemotaxis buffer (ChB)]). Horizontal line marks the borderline between positive and negative chemotaxis. *: significant differences in chemotaxis response toward eel skin mucus at each temperature vs. 20°C (P < 0.05). #: significant differences in chemotaxis response toward eel skin mucus between each temperature and 28°C (P < 0.05).