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From: Experimental Listeria–Tetrahymena–Amoeba food chain functioning depends on bacterial virulence traits

Fig. 2

Changes in amoebal morphology caused by grazing on pathogenic and saprophytic Listeria. a Control (starved) A. proteus. b, d—A. proteus fed with L. monocytogenes. c, e—A. proteus fed with L. innocua. b, c—amoebas with morphology typical for starved (pseudopodia-possessed) animals are shown with white arrows. Fed amoebas with spherical morphology are shown by black arrowheads. d, e—counts of amoebas with hungry and spherical morphology per sight at different times points (1, 3 or 24 h) post introduction of the bacterial culture The data from three independent experiments *p < 0.05

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