Figure 1.

A. fumigatus hyphae are more resistant than conidia to the growth inhibitory effects of P. aeruginosa during co-culture. (a) Growth of A. fumigatus conidia in co-culture with P. aeruginosa and (b) growth of A. fumigatus pre-grown hyphae in co-culture with P. aeruginosa was monitored by quantifying relative galactomannan (GM) over time using a GM enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Bars represent the means ± standard deviations of 3 independent experiments. A significant increase in growth is indicated by * (p < 0.05) and no significant difference in growth is indicated by ns as determined by unpaired t test.