Growth of <i>M. tuberculosis</i> strains in liquid 7H9 broth.

<p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043170#pone-0043170-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1 (A)</a> Growth of individual <i>M. tuberculosis</i> strains from different lineages in liquid 7H9 broth. Data represent the mean and range (n = 2) values. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043170#pone-0043170-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1 (B)</a> Summarized growth of <i>M. tuberculosis</i> strain lineages. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043170#pone-0043170-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1 (C)</a> Comparison of C_max (maximum point on the growth curve) for different strain lineages. Lineage 4 strains showed higher C_max than lineage 2**(p = 0.01) and lineage 3*** strains (p = 0.001). H37Rv showed significantly higher C_max than all clinical strains^# (p = 0.001) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043170#pone-0043170-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1 (D)</a> Comparison of T_max (time to reach to C_max) for different strain lineages. H37Rv reached T_max significantly faster than lineage 3 strains* (p = 0.05).