TABLE 3.
The BBA64 locus is dispensable for infection of C3H/HeN mice
| Strain and dose | No. of cultures positive/no. tested
|
No. of mice infected/no. tested | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | Spleen | Joint | Lymph node | Heart | Bladder | All sites | ||
| MSK5 | ||||||||
| 103 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| ML23 | ||||||||
| 103 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/18 | 0/3 |
| 105 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/18 | 0/3 |
| wt (ML23/pBBE22) | ||||||||
| 102 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| 103 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 17/18 | 3/3 |
| 104 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| 105 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| mt (MM4/pBBE22) | ||||||||
| 102 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 10/18 | 2/3 |
| 103 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 17/18 | 3/3 |
| 104 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| 105 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| ct (MM4/pBBE22-bba64+) | ||||||||
| 102 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 16/18 | 3/3 |
| 103 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |
| 104 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 12/18 | 2/3 |
| 105 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 18/18 | 3/3 |