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Figure 8

From: Elongation factor Tu on Escherichia coli isolated from urine of kidney stone patients promotes calcium oxalate crystal growth and aggregation

Figure 8

Differential effects of OMVs derived from EUU vs. EUK on CaOx crystallization, growth and aggregation. (A) Crystal morphology and image analysis. The circles indicate crystal aggregates. (B) Quantitative analysis of crystal area (representing crystal growth). (C) Number of crystal aggregates. (D) CaOx crystal growth as determined by spectrophotometric oxalate-depletion assay. (E) CaOx crystal aggregation as determined by crystal aggregation-sedimentation assay. (F) Morphology of CaOx crystal aggregates occurred in each condition. Each bar represented mean ± SEM of the data obtained from three independent experiments.

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