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Table 2 Detailed results from all the experiments performed to determine the number of incorporated brucellae after transduction with the various lentiviral vectors (CFU assay from 500 infected and lysed macrophages seeded in blood agar dishes and from 50,000 infected macrophages analyzed by Real-Time PCR)

From: Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 system against ruminant animal brucellosis

 

D1 post transduction

D4 post transduction

Total number of colonies (agar)

Brucellae/cell (Real-Time PCR)

Total number of colonies (agar)

Brucellae/cell (Real-Time PCR)

Brucella untransduced

Exp 1

55

412.69

35

210.09

Exp 2

64

488.82

36

483.57

Exp 3

51

513.84

40

211.50

Exp 4

60

374.00

43

201.51

 

Average

57.5

447.34

38.5

276.67

SD

5.68

65.12

3.69

138.01

Brucella + GFP

Exp 1

66

243.54

32

141.28

Exp 2

57

371.39

33

195.71

Exp 3

53

472.10

40

198.36

Exp 4

50

532.71

39

204.05

 

Average

56.5

404.94

36

184.85

SD

6.95

126.51

4.08

29.26

Brucella + VirB10

Exp 1

30

259.82

21

181.39

Exp 2

32

Undetermined

28

133.04

Exp 3

31

318.92

30

156.65

Exp 4

37

228.00

23

125.00

 

Average

32.5

268.91

25.5

149.02

SD

3.1

46.14

4.2

25.42

Brucella + RpolA

Exp 1

22

Undetermined

15

161.01

Exp 2

26

221.09

18

139.49

Exp 3

22

161.78

20

65.47

Exp 4

23

107.84

11

60.42

 

Average

23.25

163.57

16

106.6

SD

1.89

56.65

3.91

51.21

  1. The standard curves produced by quantitative Real-Time PCR were used to extrapolate the absolute number of brucellae and endogenous ovPrp copies per reaction. Brucellae/cell were ultimately calculated by normalizing the absolute number of brucellae to the ovPrp copies. Untransduced, Brucella-infected cells served as a control