Nonphotodynamic Roles of Methylene Blue: Display of Distinct Antimycobacterial and Anticandidal Mode of Actions

Figure 7

Effect of MB on cell adherence. (a) Upper panel shows the effect of MB on cell adherence on microtiter polystyrene surface of C. albicans depicted as bar graph and quantified by using MTT assay. OD₄₅₀ nm is depicted on -axis and depicts value < 0.05. Lower panel depicts no difference in the epithelial cell adherence in the presence of MB in C. albicans. (b) Upper panel shows the effect of MB on cell adherence on microtiter polystyrene surface of M. smegmatis depicted as bar graph and quantified by using MTT assay. OD₄₅₀ nm is depicted on -axis and depicts value < 0.05. Lower panel depicts inhibited epithelial cell adherence in M. smegmatis in the presence of MB. Arrows indicate adhered cells which were absent in MB treated cells.

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