Using CFU assays to monitored viable bacteria 6 h post-infection, Yu et al. (2014) observed decreased viability in HeLa cells when autophagy was inhibited using RNAi-depletion of LC3 while Kreibich et al. (2015) observed elevated viable bacteria in autophagy impaired Atg5−/− MEFs. This evidence concerns the gene ATG5 and infection.