Table 1 |
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Strain virulence in the mouse infection model (BALB/c) |
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Strain |
Inoculum (cfu) |
Mortality 4 days post infection |
Mortality 13 days post infection |
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PBS |
0 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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BpK96243 |
9 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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118 |
0/6 |
4/6 (66.7%) |
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380 |
0/6 |
4/6 (66.7%) |
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1180 |
0/6 |
5/6 (83%) |
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3600 |
1/6 (16.7%) |
6/6 (100%) |
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Bp22 |
6 |
0/6 |
2/6 (33%) |
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19 |
0/6 |
5/6 (83%) |
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58 |
0/6 |
5/6 (83%) |
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|
175 |
1/6 (16.7%) |
6/6 (100%) |
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525 |
2/6 (33%) |
6/6 (100%) |
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BtE264 |
1000 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
|
104 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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105 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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106 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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107 |
1/6 (16.7%) |
1/6 (16.7%) |
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BtE555 |
1,000 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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104 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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105 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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106 |
0/6 |
0/6 |
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107 |
4/6 (66.7%) |
4/6 (66.7) |
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Infection assays in BALB/c mice. Mice were monitored for up to 13 days post-infection with different starting amounts of bacteria (cfu column). Note the differences in cfu between Bp and Bt strains (starting cfu 6 to 9 versus 1,000). PBS, phosphate-buffered saline. |
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Sim et al. Genome Biology 2010 11:R89 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-8-r89 |
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