TABLE 2.
Culturing of tissue homogenatesa
| Tissue | Amt of bacteria (CFU/ml) on day:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Lung | 1,500 | 12,600 | 819,000 | 25,700,000 | 17,000,000 |
| Liver | 0 | 0 | 2,300 | 300,000 | 9,680,000 |
| Spleen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 367,000 | 29,900,000 |
| Kidney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 4,010,000 |
a
Tissues were removed and homogenized in buffer, and a portion was plated on cysteine agar with the remainder being used for DNA extraction. The number of CFU of F. tularensis per milliliter of fluid in each of the four target tissues during the time course of the experiment is shown.