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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: FASEB J. 2008 Jan 15;22(6):1715–1724. doi: 10.1096/fj.07-093963

Figure 6.

Figure 6

GBS PilB expression is necessary and sufficient for bacterial virulence in vivo. CFUs from blood collected 24 h post-i.v. injection with 107 CFU/mouse of WT GBS and GBSΔpilB or 4 × 108 CFU/mouse of WT L. lactis containing vector only and L. lactis [pilB] (A). Ratio of GBS WT CFUs to GBSΔpilB CFUs recovered from blood collected 2 and 24 h following i.v. coinjection with 105 or 106 CFU/mouse of each strain. Each circle represents one mouse (B). Kaplan-Meyer survival curve of mice injected i.p., 5 × 107 CFU/mouse, WT GBS or GBSΔpilB (n=15) (C). Survival curve of mice injected i.p., 3.2 × 107 CFU/mouse, L. lactis containing vector only or L. lactis [pilB] (n=6) (D).