. 2006 Oct 6;188(24):8560–8572. doi: 10.1128/JB.01035-06

TABLE 3.

Quantification of bacteria recovered from nodules following coinoculation with wild-type and either nodPQ::Nm^r or cysH::Nm^r M. loti

Inoculated strain(s)	No. of wild-type bacteria	No. of mutant bacteria	Mutants/total recovered bacteria (%)
Wild type	400	0	NA^d
nodPQ::Nm^r	0	400	NA
cysH::Nm^r	0	200	NA
Wild type and nodPQ::Nm^r (1:1)^a	49	351	87.8
Wild type and nodPQ::Nm^r (1:10)^b	41	359	89.8
Wild type and nodPQ::Nm^r (10:1)^c	72	328	82.0
Wild type and cysH::Nm^r (1:1)^a	82	118	59.0
Wild type and cysH::Nm^r (1:10)^b	28	204	87.9
Wild type and cysH::Nm^r (10:1)^c	280	20	6.7

The 1:1 designation refers to an inoculum containing an equal ratio of wild-type to mutant bacteria.

The 1:10 designation refers to an inoculum containing 10% wild-type and 90% mutant bacteria.

The 10:1 designation refers to an inoculum containing 90% mutant and 10% wild-type bacteria.

NA, not applicable.