Table 2.

Strain virulence in the C. elegans infection model

	Lethality
Strain	> 24 h	> 48 h	> 72 h	> 96 h
E. coli OP50	0/40 (0%)	0/40 (0%)	0/40 (0%)	0/40 (0%)
BtE264	4/39 ± 3 (5%)	31/39 ± 3 (80%)	36/39 ± 3 (92%)	39/39 (100%)
BtE555	2/41 ± 2 (4%)	10/39 ± 1 (27%)	36/39 ± 1 (93%)	39/39 (100%)
CPS KO	1/37 ± 1 (0%)	3/37 ± 2 (9%)	20/37 ± 5 (53%)	35/37 ± 2 (95%)

Infection assays in C. elegans. Strains were monitored up to 5 days (120 h) post-infection. Death rates are shown both as raw counts and as percentages.