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. 2022 Dec 13;11(12):843–853. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.1112.BJR-2021-0590.R1

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant (SCV) and normal phenotype (NP) intracellular invasion and intraosseous colonization ability. a) to c) Intracellular invasion ability detected by immunofluorescence (IF) and quantification (j). d) to f) Intraosseous colonization ability detected by IF and quantification (k), and by transmission electron microscopy (g to i). a) and b) Scale bar 20 μm; c) scale bar 50 μm; d) to f) scale bar 50 μm; g) and h) scale bar 2 μm; i) scale bar 1 μm. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; GFP, green fluorescence protein.