FIGURE 5.
Neuraminidase activity of parent strain K1544 and mutant strain K1544ΔCAP following growth in THY or recovered from infected conjunctivae 3 and 12 hr post-infection. After growth in THY and at 3 hr post-infection, there were 1 × 107 CFU/mL per strain. At 12 hr post-infection, there were 1 × 104 CFU/mL per strain. A student t-test was used to analyze the data. (***) indicates significant differences in the absorbance between groups, p < 0.05. Results are reported as the mean absorbances ± standard errors of the means.