Fig 7.

Colonization ability affects the fitness of F. johnsoniae in THOR. (A) F. johnsoniae wild type and mutants when grown with P. koreensis and B. cereus planktonically. (B) F. johnsoniae wild type and mutants when grown with P. koreensis and B. cereus on sand. Each data point represents one of five biological replicates, with the dotted line indicating the value for the wild type. The CFU values were log₁₀ transformed for equal variance. The statistical significance was evaluated by comparing the mutants to the wild type with a one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s test. ns = not significant; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; or ****, P < 0.0001.