Table 5.
In vivo competition of the wild-type and mrxA strains in the hemocoel of M. sextaa
| Time point | Exp 1 |
Exp 2 |
Exp 3 |
Exp 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFU/ml | mrxA/total | CFU/ml | mrxA/total | CFU/ml | mrxA/total | CFU/ml | mrxA/totalc | |
| 48 h | 51.9 (1.7) | 29.8% | 101 (2.5) | 74.9% | 61.8 (7.2) | 85.9% | 20.4 (1.9) | 85.3% |
| 96 h | 9.5 (2.2) | 28.4% | 9.4 (0.5) | 32.9% | 38.7 (3.5) | 54.5% | 28.4 (3.0) | 76.4% |
| 144 h | 5.2 (0.5) | 18.3% | 71.0 (13.2) | 43.4% | 9.9 (0.4) | 69.7% | 7.1 (0.4) | ND |
| 192 h | 3.8 (0.3) | 35.5% | 10.3 (0.4) | 35.0% | 4.4 (0.3) | 20.9% | 12.0 (1.3) | 22.7% |
| % changeb | 120% | 47% | 24% | 27% | ||||
a
Data are expressed as 108 CFU/ml and shown as means (SEs). Each value is derived from at least 6 replicate data points.
b
% change at 192 h relative to value at 48 h.
c
% of mrxA strain present at each time point when a mixture of wild-type and mrxA strains was injected.