Growth of <i>M. smegmatis</i> in the presence of amoeba lysis.

<p>Three <i>M. smegmatis</i> organisms were tested: (A) <i>M. smegmatis</i> mc² 155, (B) <i>M. smegmatis</i> ATCC 19420^T and (C) <i>M. smegmatis</i> ATCC 27204. <i>M. smegmatis</i> strains cultured with amoeba lysis pellet (white bar) and supernatant (black bar). PAS medium was used as negative control (gray bar). Each bar represents the mean of triplicate wells, and the standard errors are represented by error bars.