Journal: Microorganisms
Article Title: Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Growth Through Nutrient Competition by Non-O157 E. coli Isolated from Cattle
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13122811
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bar chart of E. coli O157:H7 ATCC 700728 counts (log 10 CFU/mL) in competition assays with high-competitive (HC) and low-competitive (LC) consortia of non-O157:H7 E. coli strains. E. coli O157:H7 ATCC 700728 counts were assessed after 24 h of co-incubation with HC or LC consortia under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. ATCC 700728 counts were determined on HardyCHROM O157 chromogenic agar plates. Three biological replicates were conducted for each competition assay under each set of conditions. Colony-forming units (CFU)/mL values were calculated, log 10 -transformed, and statistically compared (t.test) in R using the dplyr (v1.1.4) and ggpubr (v0.6.0) packages. * indicates p < 0.05; ** indicates p < 0.01; *** indicates p < 0.001; “ns” indicates p > 0.05.
Article Snippet: Plates were incubated overnight at 39 °C to produce individual, well-isolated colonies before being UV-inactivated using a UV Stratalinker 2400 (Stratagene, Santa Clara, CA, USA) set to 3000 kJ × 100 for 30 min. A sloppy agar TSB overlay (0.75% w / v granulated agar) with 1.0% ( v / v ) overnight E. coli O157:H7 indicator strain (either ATCC 700728 or ATCC 43888) in TSB was added to the UV-inactivated plate and allowed to set.
Techniques: Incubation, Competitive Binding Assay, Transformation Assay