Fig. 1

Evaluation of the optimal infection time using C. chinense cells infected with cs. a) Cells were infected with different amounts of cs (1 × 10⁸ = white triangles, 1 × 10⁴ = black triangles, 1 × 10¹ = white circles) from the consortium and incubated for different times (hours after infection, hai). Cells without treatment are indicated in black circles. Cell viability was determined using MTT. b) Fresh weight of the cells after the infection treatments. Values are the means of three experiments with triplicates +/− SE, *p < 0.05