TABLE 1.
Similar quantities of phoP and phoPc bacteria are recovered following coincubation with serovar Typhimurium for 2 ha
| Bacterium/DC ratio | No. of recovered bacteria
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|---|---|---|
| phoP | phoPc | |
| 15:1 | 2.5 × 106 | 2.1 × 106 |
| 50:1 | 8.8 × 106 | 12.0 × 106 |
| 50:1 (+CCD) | 2.5 × 104 | 4.0 × 104 |
a
We coincubated 106 DC with phoP (MS7953) or phoPc (CSO22) bacteria with rough LPS at the indicated bacterium/DC ratio for 2 h before lysing the cells and plating the bacteria onto Luria agar plates. The data are representative of at least three independent experiments.