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These passage experiments were performed in vitro and designed so as to modify bacteria multiplication.

To further verify this point, namely that the protein profile of NB from any one of these fluids, not just serum, can be morphed according to the protein constituents in the surrounding milieu, the following serial passage experiments were done (Fig. 16).

Serial passage experiments are a method to increase pathogen virulence by adaptation to a specific host [16].

These hypotheses can be tested with formal meta-analyses as additional laboratory passage experiments are conducted with Bd.

Survival, in these second passage experiments, was significantly longer when an extract prepared from the cerebral cortex from a sick mouse was used, with 5/9 mice surviving more than 8 months, although these mice developed the disease more rapidly than uninoculated M83 mice, which is consistent with the much lower levels of αSD in this brain region (Additional file 1: Figure S1A).

Due to a limitation of primary cell cultures (finite number of passages), experiments were primarily done as biological replicates rather than technical replicates.

This is supported by the fact that both LDI and HDI bacteria have a shortened lag phase, which indicates that some of selective pressures we exerted on bacteria during our serial passage experiment are the same in the two selection treatments.

The cells were cultured in antibiotic-free RPMI 1640 medium for at least two passages before experiments were performed.

Cells were passaged weekly and experiments were performed within 1 2 passages.

The fraction of ciliated cells declined with extended passaging, so all experiments were carried out using early-passage cells within 30 days of thaw.

Caco-2 cells were obtained from CRC/PUMC at passage 18 and all experiments were performed from passages 24 35.