Figure 5. C. difficile ΔspoIVB2 has a sporulation defect.

A) Day 6 cultures were fixed in 4% formaldehyde and 2% glutaraldehyde in PBS and imaged on a Leica DM6B microscope. B) Spore yield of the indicated strain was determined as described in Figure 1. pEV indicates an empty plasmid within the strain. All data points represent the average from three independent experiments. Statistical analysis by one-way ANOVA with Šίdák’s multiple comparisons test. * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001, **** P<0.0001.