Fig. 4

a L-ficolin and SP-A attenuate the growth of M. avium. M. avium from ATCC was cultured at 37 °C in the presence of the indicated concentrations of L-ficolin, SP-A, and SP-D. The number of CFUs are presented. b Percentage of untreated control M. avium growth after 48 h with L-ficolin, SP-A, and SP-D. The data show the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. One-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey test, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. c Percentage of untreated control M. avium growth after 48 h at various L-Ficolin concentrations. The data show the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. One-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey test, *** p < 0.001. F20, 20 μg/ml L-ficolin; F5, 5 μg/ml L-ficolin; F0.5, 0.5 μg/ml L-ficolin