Effects of the Probiotic Enterococcus faecium and Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains in a Pig and Human Epithelial Intestinal Cell Model

Figure 4

TEER values of IPEC-J2 (a) and Caco-2 (b) cells during 8 h of treatment with various bacterial strains: control without bacteria, E. faecium, ETEC, E. faecium + ETEC, incubation time adjusted to the addition of the E. coli strain (mean ± SEM), and = 11-12 cell culture inserts per time point. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatment groups per time point ().

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