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Fig. 2

Parasite burden in mice treated with probiotic bacteria and infected with T_ spiralis_
| Intestinal phase (numbers of adults) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days post infection | ||||||
| 5 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| (mean ± S.D. ) | reduction (%) | (mean ± S.D.) | reduction (%) | (mean ± S.D.) | reduction (%) | |
| T.spiralis (control) | 295 ± 24 | 229 ± 37 | 2±2 | |||
| E.faecium EF55 + T.spiralis | 293 ± 38 | 0.7 | 160 ±39 | 30.1 | 0±0 | 100 |
| E.faecium CCM8558 + T.spiralis | 244 ± 25 | 17.3 | *107 ±25 | 53.3 | 0±0 | 100 |
| E.faecium CCM7420 + T.spiralis | 235 ± 35 | 20.3 | *112±14 | 51.1 | 0±0 | 100 |
| E.durans ED26E/7 + T.spiralis | 256 ±7 | 13.2 | *142 ±29 | 38 | 1±2 | 50 |
| L.fermentum CCM7421 + T.spiralis | 209 ± 21 | 29.2 | 210 ±27 | 8.3 | 40 ±12 | 0 |
| L.plantarum 17L/L1 + T.spiralis | 326 ± 48 | 0 | 192 ±8 | 16.2 | 1±2 | 0 |