Extended Data Fig. 2: UxaC and galacturonic acid promotion of EHEC’s growth.

a, Growth curves of WT (n = 2) and ΔuxaC (n = 2) EHEC in M9 minimal medium with 5mM galacturonic-acid as a sole carbon source (n, number of biological replicates; results are representative of one independent experiments). The mean ± SD and P value for two-sided two-way ANOVA statistical analysis are shown. b, Growth curves of WT (n = 4) and ΔuxaC (n = 4) EHEC in low-glucose DMEM (n, number of biological replicates; results are representative of one independent experiments). The mean and P value for two-sided one-way ANOVA statistical analysis are shown. c, Growth of WT EHEC in low-glucose DMEM supplemented with different concentrations of galacturonic acid.