Figure 9.
Virulence of ΔstuA mutants during murine pulmonary infection. Immunosuppressed mice were infected intranasal with 1 × 106 conidia of each strain and monitored daily. ΔstuA, ΔstuA null mutant; Af293, wild-type parent strain; stuA comp, stuA-complemented strain; and uninfected, sham infection using PBS + 0.1% Tween alone.