Table 1. Infectivity of Bb clones in mice.
Strain, clone | Description | Dose | No. of cultures positive/total No. of specimens examined | No. of mice infected/total No. of mice | |||
Heart | Joint | Skin | All sites | ||||
297 | wild-type Bb | 104 | 9/9 | 9/9 | 9/9 | 27/27 | 9/9 |
OY08/A11 | bosR mutant | 104 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/18 | 0/6 |
OY08/F4 | bosR mutant | 104 | 0/7 | 0/7 | 0/7 | 0/21 | 0/7 |
OY08/A11 | bosR mutant | 107 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/30 | 0/10 |
OY08/F4 | bosR mutant | 107 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/18 | 0/6 |
OY33/A6 | complement | 104 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 18/18 | 6/6 |
OY33/F7 | complement | 104 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 18/18 | 6/6 |
Data were collected from three independent experiments.