Figure 4From: Lipoteichoic acids influence cell shape and bacterial division of Streptococcus suis serotype 2, but play a limited role in the pathogenesis of the infectionThe ΔltaS mutant is not impaired in its capacity of adhesion to and invasion of epithelial cells. Adhesion (A) and invasion (B) to NPTr of the S. suis wild-type P1/7 strain (black), ΔltaS (blue) and ΔcpsF (grey) mutant strains after 2 h of incubation. *Indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05). Each bar represents the mean bacterial concentration (CFU/mL) + SEM from at least three independent experiments.Back to article page